Aug 9, 2021
Can you imagine a government that would take your children from
you, strip them of their heritage and culture, torture them and
sometimes, even kill them? It sounds impossible, yet this is
exactly what happened across Canada to Indigenous communities for
over 150 years.
I am joined by Dr Cindy Blackstock, the Executive Director of First
Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada to discuss the
history of Residential Schools and the 1,300 bodies in unmarked
graves that have been discovered at these schools over the last few
months.
As an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and
Professor in McGill’s School of Social Work, Dr Blackstock is just
the person to explain the dark side of Canada’s history.