NDP MP calls for hate speech law to combat residential school 'denialism'
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada"Indigenous people are experiencing a very important renaissance, a resurgence," Good said.
"To have people respond to our lived experience as though it never happened is devastating, and our country should be beyond that at this point."Crystal Gail Fraser, a Gwichyà Gwich'in assistant professor of history and Native Studies at the University of Alberta, said she would welcome the opportunity to engage in fair dialogue with denialists.
Supernant, who is Métis, also shared messages with CBC from people threatening to dig up suspected burial sites. Some academics have experienced consequences over their stances and statements on residential schools., in part for her criticism of what she called "dominant residential school narratives."last month was also cancelled after students protested.
"We want to be very careful about regulating claims about historical events — even if we think those claims are misguided, ignorant or hurtful," he said. "People like myself are working hard on finding a resolution to this and to making the evidence stronger so that we can be more confident in the statements that we make," said Yellowhorn, who is from the Piikani Nation, 200 km south of Calgary.Sean Carleton, an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies at the University of Manitoba, wants governments to educate the public about how to confront mistruths about residential schools.
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