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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s bentwood box, carved by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston, is a tribute to survivors. (Eyesplash/Flickr)

Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism

Daniel Heath Justice, University of British Columbia and Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba

Residential school denialism is the rejection or misrepresentation of basic facts about residential schools to undermine truth and reconciliation efforts.
We need more positive Indigenous-settler alliances like the one with Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, which created 24 km Freedom Road to provide access to the Trans-Canada Highway. Here a teepee frame sits beside Shoal Lake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

How the COVID‑19 crisis calls us towards reconciliation

Jeff Denis, McMaster University

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis could represent an opportunity to live up to all the recent talk of reconciliation in Canada.
The Scream, by Kent Monkman (2016), is part of a traveling exhibition this year on colonized Canada: Shame And Prejudice: A Story Of Resilience. Kent Monkman

Settlers with Opinions

Daniel Heath Justice, University of British Columbia

A leading Indigenous academic says too many Canadians take ugly pleasure in being ignorant about Indigenous issues. It’s time for some straight talk about Settlers with Opinions.

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  1. COVID-19
  2. Critical race
  3. Indigenous
  4. indigenous studies
  5. Residential schools
  6. settler
  7. TRC Calls to Action
  8. Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

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