The image was one of a series of the Kamloops Residential School shot by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken for The New York Times.
Her latest win came less than a week after Pope Francis made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and begged for forgiveness. Indigenous peoples elsewhere in the world featured in two other of the annual competition's top prizes. The winners were chosen out of 64,823 photographs and open format entries by 4,066 photographers from 130 countries.
Example 199,768 of how the Canadian media whitewashes the terrible parts of our history and erase the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples. These harrowing “residential schools” are now being recast as “boarding schools”😲🤭
“Haunting Canada RESIDENTIAL school shot wins World Peace Photo” - fixed it for you 😒
Why does the headline read boarding school, while the first paragraph clearly states residential school to assimilate Indigenous children. Stop being part of the problem with misleading information. Be the Truth in Truth & Reconciliation...
Should have been Trudeau walking on the beach.
Boarding schools are still operational in Canada. Great title 👌 👍
I think boarding school is a mask for what this place truly is!
Sad reality 🥲
Boarding school is inaccurate and misleading in your headline. I think you mean residential school.
Jeepers!
You mean Kamloops Indian Residential School...
Boarding school?