Harper's record belies any pledge to 'reconciliation' with First Nations
For more than a century, Canadians were ignorant of the fact that, as Daniel Schwartz reports for CBC, the chances of children dying in Indian residential schools were the same as for those who served...
View ArticleTalking about residential schools
Publish Date: June 4, 2015Summary: The 100 years of loss app and message board. 100 years of lossAs the Canadian government officially closes the Truth and Reconciliation commision the real work...
View ArticleIt's time to reconcile ourselves to the real history of Canada
It's a very long way from peacekeepers to perpetrators of genocide, but Canadians must come to grips with their distressing new reality.Some decades ago, with the United States still mired in its ugly...
View ArticleAcademics are not 'letting go' of Indigenous Issues for Good Reason: A...
Last week the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its report, identifying "cultural genocide" as a goal of Canada's Indian Residential Schools. This report calls us to question not only...
View ArticleNot Rex: On Canada's genocidal policy towards First Nations
Is this show currently playing? June 11, 2015 Justice Murray Sinclair pronounced Canadian policy towards First Nations at TRC 2015 as cultural genocide. YouTubeThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission...
View ArticleMemorialize the victims of our own governments, not victims of communism
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission reported that up to 6000 Aboriginal children died in residential schools, although the real number is likely higher because the government stopped recording...
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View ArticleFive reasons we can't ignore Indigenous families and children this election
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.First Nations communities face some of the most distressing levels of child poverty in this country. A history of colonialism, racism, residential schools, and...
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