The Latest Breaking News from Indian Residential Schools

Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth

In 2021, three short years ago, #CancelCanadaDay was trending on social media following announcements about thousands of unmarked graves at the former sites of Indian Residential Schools across Canada.

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2024

We fact-checked residential school denialists and debunked their 'mass grave hoax' theory

Recently a politician from a village in Prince Edward Island displayed an offensive sign on his property in which he proclaimed there is a “mass grave hoax” regarding the former Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Although many have called for him to resign, he is just one of many people…

The Conversation · Oct 17, 2023

Residential school deaths are significantly higher than previously reported

Over the past year I have worked at University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills (UnBQ) as the Indian Residential School Coordinator. There, I spent time speaking with survivors of Indian Residential Schools and I also helped conduct a search for grave sites of missing children.

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023

Pope Francis' visit to Canada: The complicated relationship between Indigenous communities and the church

“We call upon the Pope to issue an apology…” — Truth and Reconcililation Commission, Call to Action 58.

The Conversation · Jul 21, 2022

Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools

Sparked by the locating of hundreds of possible unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools across the country, there has been a public reckoning with the ongoing legacies of the residential school system.

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2022

'Every child matters': One year after the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops

Editor’s note: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing

The Conversation · May 26, 2022