Retired academics, lawyers and writers in Canada, backed by conservative organizations, collaborate to produce a more positive version of the country's residential school history and create doubt about the harms caused by residential schools.

#indigenous #reconciliation #firstnations #residentialschools #truthandreconciliation

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/08/Who-Behind-Residential-School-Denialism/

May 5 marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people, also known as Red Dress Day.

#MMIWG2S #indigenous #indigenousyouth #firstnations #metis #inuit #everychildmatters #truthandreconciliation #mentalhealth #ymhc

Canada’s residential school abuse survivors face fresh battle to stop testimony being destroyed | Canada | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/canadas-residential-school-abuse-survivors-face-fresh-battle-to-stop-testimony-being-destroyed

> First Nation communities warn that government must act as accounts face destruction, risking central part of Canada’s reckoning with its colonial legacy

#TruthAndReconciliation can't happen if we keep burying the evidence.

Hope the fuck am I supposed to be proud of Canada if we keep doing this?

For me, this represents the absolute minimum. I want nothing less than #TruthAndReconciliation, with all who supported the lawlessness of the #TrumpRegime banned from public office.

Image reposted to include #AltText.

https://genomic.social/@JPummil/116076706698386713