Kim Shay’s Reviews > Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 1, Origins to 1939: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 1 ... Indigenous and Northern Studies) > Status Update
Kim Shay
is on page 308 of 978
This is often a difficult read; and not because of the writing. For a government commissioned work, it's very readable. What is hard is hearing about the arrogance of the Canadian government in administering residential schools. These schools were just another form of slavery.
— Aug 17, 2024 04:06AM
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Kim Shay
is on page 394 of 978
"By the 1890's, evidence was emerging that instead of helping combat the tuberculosis in First Nations communities, the schools were spreading the infection."
The apathy toward the spread of TB in First Nations communities was a direct result of a pre-supposition that Indigenous peoples are sub-human. There is no way white children would have been so poorly treated.
— Aug 27, 2024 02:56AM
The apathy toward the spread of TB in First Nations communities was a direct result of a pre-supposition that Indigenous peoples are sub-human. There is no way white children would have been so poorly treated.
