News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
‘Deliberate harm’: Rise in residential school denialism brings call for action in Canada
A rise of Indian residential school denialism in Canada is bringing calls from Indigenous people and advocates for the federal government to update hate speech laws to criminalize the rhetoric.
The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution at its special assembly in December demanding the Canadian government criminalize residential school denialism.
“Denialism is deliberate harm,” Chief David Monias, Pimicikamak Cree Nation, told the assembly after introducing the resolution. “Survivors and families and nations face intentional campaigns designed to erase the truth of residential schools and unmarked graves. Such action retraumatizes, survivors feel racism and undermines truth-telling and healing. Education alone is not enough to stop organized denialism.”