We must hope Pope Francis’s apology was merely the beginning toward Catholic Church accountability and repair around residential schools.
- Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Lethbridge
Murray Sinclair’s firm approach to justice and reconciliation is part of what inspires me, as an intergenerational Survivor, to confront challenges rooted in colonization with strength and resolve.
Improving the intercommunity mobility of First Nation Peoples is a road to more inclusive and safer futures. This calls for recognizing Indigenous agency and sovereignty when developing solutions.
Survivors of multiple colonial school systems need their voices to be heard. An exhibit examines how colonial schooling policies over a century and a half influenced the Blood People.
Pope Francis and the Catholic Church must make a plan with Indigenous Peoples, not for us, in order to walk the path of reconciliation. Some initial suggestions of what a plan might include.
Research about colonial schooling in Treaty 7 territory in southern Alberta exemplifies how donors helped fund residential schools.
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