In an unforgettable video, a sister remembers her brother’s death at residential school.
History isn't always pretty. That's why we need to talk about it.
07.01.16
On July 1, 149 years ago, Canada became a country.
To believe the history books I read when growing up, this process was filled with a lot of British-born people fighting with French-born people, who eventually worked everything out and settled in to invent basketball, play hockey, set up a universal health care system, and listen to a lot of Celine Dion while eating poutine.
It's not even close to the whole story.
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