A study by a group gauging progress on reconciliation suggests non-Indigenous Canadians have developed a deeper understanding of the harms that were done by residential schools.About one-third of the study’s non-Indigenous participants said they had never heard of residential schools.Researchers and academics in Manitoba and British Columbia surveyed more than 3,200 Indigenous and non-Indigenous people last year.
The study showed that most agreed that reconciliation is important, but it also found that more work needs to be done to help non-Indigenous people recognize issues important to the Indigenous community. Researchers say participants expressed concerns about how Indigenous people are treated within the justice and child-welfare systems.
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