A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Blaney will be joined by MP Leah Gazan, a lifelong educator and human rights advocate. The free event will be held on Monday, January 20th at Evergreen Theatre in Powell River. The discussion will focus on the ongoing harms caused by Indian residential school denialism, explore its impact on survivors…
Murray Sinclair, a lifelong Anishinaabe visionary and a member of the Peguis First Nation, near Winnipeg, Man., has died at the age of 73. The former senator who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has left a legacy of hope and justice for his people and perhaps some unexpected but nonetheless valuable enlightenment for non-Indigenous […]
Having represented Winnipeg Centre in Parliament since 2019, an issue I constantly encounter is the alarming rise of hate and misinformation that Canada has seen in recent years. It doesn’t take an expert to see this: for many people, including Black, Indigenous and other people of colour, and members of the 2SLGBTQ2S+ community, hate is […]
A majority of Canadians would support making the denial of residential school atrocities a criminal offence, according to a new survey. The Research Co. poll was conducted last month, after NDP MP Leah Gazan introduced a private member’s bill seeking to criminalize public denial of Canada’s residential school system, which forcibly separated Indigenous children from their […]
