CANPOL, Truth and reconciliation.
Specific things I learned.
- Very basic stuff like names of first nations [1]
- Learned about the current state of the #Wolastoqey language. Seems fairly desperate in terms of fluent speakers [2].
- Learned about the Marshall decision [3]
and the life of Donald Marshall Junior [4].
- Tried (but stalled) [5]
[1]: https://www.wabanakicollection.com/
[2]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/point-of-view-wolastoqey-language-1.5365334
[3]: https://www.wabanakicollection.com/videos/living-treaties-part-2-aptn-investigates/
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Marshall_Jr.
[5]: https://www.wabanakicollection.com/wolastoqey-latuwewakon/#/
re: CANPOL, Truth and reconciliation.
re: CANPOL, Truth and reconciliation.
@gohabsgo It's not a statutory holiday in New Brunswick, but I work for a university, and they decided to observe it.
CANPOL, Truth and reconciliation.
@bremner At first, I was comparing it to boarding school experiences but it looks worse. I went to boarding school but my parents took us willingly, it was hard tbh but reading these stories, I feel that I did not go through anything close. But I have friends who went to catholic boarding school who recount very similar stories. It was good to really understand the context by reading the stories.
CANPOL, Truth and reconciliation.
It was a struggle to read to the end of these stories [1] of Wolostoqi and Mi'gmaw children suffering abuse in day and residential schools.
Some of these (then) children were in school at the same time as I was, and are now my neighbours and colleagues. I can't pretend this is "just" history.
[1]: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/stolen-children