‘Denying our truth’: Fighting residential school denialism in Canada

Geraldine Shingoose, a survivor of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, shares her traumatic experience of being separated from her family and enduring abuse at Muscowequan Residential School. The legacy of residential schools, which forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and cultures, continues to impact communities today. Despite recent revelations of unmarked graves at former institutions, a disturbing trend of residential school denialism is emerging, further harming survivors and their families.

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