‘Convenient ignorance:’ Canadians’ knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The former Kamloops Indian Residential School is seen in Kamloops, B.C., on June 4, 2021. Widespread shock at the discovery of what's believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sordid, and as yet incomplete, chapters in Canada’s national story, experts and observers say.

“It would start by ensuring that our K-to-12 system does a comprehensive job of telling the story of Canada, not with rose-coloured glasses, but with the reality which it deserves,” Mr. Horgan said. “I have two degrees in history from two universities and I did not know about the atrocities of residential schools from our public education system.”

“There was this sense of displacement of history, that there was a need to push forward with the history that the majority felt was important,” Mr. McKee said. “We do have to acknowledge that the truth wasn’t being taught.” One foreigner who knows more than many Canadians about the residential schools is Veronika Heinl, who wrote a 40-page paper on the subject in 2018 at her high school in Germany, where the country’s role in the Second World War is widely taught. She found no shortage of reference material, ranging from The Canadian Encyclopedia and several books to media reports.

My father told me all about residential schools and the pain caused by the CDN gov after he read the piss-poor book they gave us for history class in high school. He educated his children. It is also up to parent to tell their children the truth.

Don_Richardson “It’s a very intense topic. You could compare it to the kind of dark part of history in Germany.” Bit of an inconvenient truth. Germany was overthrown there was incentive to investigate. Here gov't has destroyed docs, blocked investigations & church refuses to release docs.

In Ontario, kids only have to take 1 geo & 1 history course. With pressure to focus on 'marketable skills' & STEM programs, interest in history in HS and post secondary has dropped. We don't value history as something worth knowing if it doesn't lead directly to a job.

Probably because it was a hundred years ago.

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