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We fact-checked residential school denialists and debunked their 'mass grave hoax' theory

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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Recently a politician from a village in Prince Edward Island displayed an offensive sign on his property in which he proclaimed there is a “mass grave hoax” regarding the former Indian Residential Schools in Canada.

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  • Recently a politician from a village in Prince Edward Island displayed an offensive sign on his property in which he proclaimed there is a “mass grave hoax” regarding the former Indian Residential Schools in Canada.
  • Although many have called for him to resign, he is just one of many people who subscribe to this false theory.
  • A hoax is an act intended to trick people into believing something that isn’t true.

There is no media conspiracy

    • As two settler academic researchers, we decided to investigate the claims of a media conspiracy and fact-check them against evidence.
    • To find out, we analyzed 386 news articles across five Canadian media outlets (CBC, National Post, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and The Canadian Press) released between May 27 and Oct. 15, 2021.

‘Preliminary findings’ of ‘unmarked burials’

    • A National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Memorial Register has to date confirmed the deaths of more than 4,000 Indigenous children associated with residential schools.
    • But the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) noted its register of missing children was incomplete, partly due to a large volume of yet-to-be-examined and destroyed records.

Countering harmful misinformation

    • In the two years since, a number of commentators, priests and politicians, including the P.E.I councillor with his sign, have downplayed the harms of residential schooling — or questioned the validity, gravity and significance of the the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation’s announcement.
    • We hope that our research can contribute to this work and that our report helps to debunk the “mass grave hoax” narrative specifically.

Cherry-picked ‘evidence’

    • Myths, however, are not pure fiction; they often contain a kernel of truth that is exaggerated or misrepresented.
    • This selective representation of evidence is commonly referred to as cherry-picking, and it’s easy to see how those spreading the “mass grave hoax” narrative rely on cherry-picked evidence.
    • By September, denialists were misrepresenting the extent of media errors to push the conspiratorial “mass grave hoax” narrative online.
    • And we hope our report sparks a national conversation about how important language is when covering this issue.

Challenging Residential School denialism

    • According to Daniel Heath Justice and Sean Carleton (one of the authors of this story), residential school denialism is not the denial of the residential school system’s existence.
    • Read more:
      Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism

      Residential school denialism, like climate change denialism or science denialism, cherry-picks evidence to fit a conspiratorial counter-narrative.

Truth before reconciliation

    • This is the strategy of disempowering and discrediting residential school denialism advocated by former TRC Chair Murray Sinclair.
    • We hope others will join us in this type of research to help Canadians learn how to identify and confront residential school denialism and support meaningful reconciliation.
    • As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission said in its final report, without truth there can be no genuine reconciliation.

Scotiabank Partners with Phyllis Webstad to Support Indigenous School Children Across Turtle Island*

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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Through her writing, Webstad sends the message to her readers, "Every Child Matters" while honouring, and remembering, the history and resiliency of Indigenous Peoples.

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  • Through her writing, Webstad sends the message to her readers, "Every Child Matters" while honouring, and remembering, the history and resiliency of Indigenous Peoples.
  • "I am happy to partner with Scotiabank who is sending out copies of my Every Child Matters book to Indigenous schools and educators," said Phyllis Webstad.
  • Scotiabank has purchased 2,500 books which it will gift to Indigenous schools and educators across Turtle Island to help everyone hear their story.
  • Scotiabank honours the lost lives of Indigenous children and Survivors of the residential school system.

ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS CELEBRATES REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST DAY MARCH 8 DURING NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH®

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
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CHICAGO, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics celebrates the role of registered dietitian nutritionists as the food and nutrition experts during Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day on March 8.

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  • CHICAGO, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics celebrates the role of registered dietitian nutritionists as the food and nutrition experts during Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day on March 8.
  • The Academy created Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day to increase the awareness of RDNs as indispensable providers of food and nutrition services .
  • National Nutrition Month® started as "National Nutrition Week" in 1973 and became a month-long observance in 1980 in response to the public's growing interest in nutrition.
  • Representing more than 112,000 credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

FUEL FOR THE FUTURE: ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS CELEBRATES 2023 NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH® IN MARCH

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Fuel for the Future is the campaign theme for the Academy's 2023 National Nutrition Month® , which kicks off March 1.

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  • Fuel for the Future is the campaign theme for the Academy's 2023 National Nutrition Month® , which kicks off March 1.
  • During National Nutrition Month® , the Academy celebrates RDNs on the second Wednesday of March during Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day.
  • National Nutrition Month® started in 1973 as National Nutrition Week, and it became a month-long observance in 1980 in response to growing interest in nutrition.
  • Representing more than 112,000 credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

/R E P E A T -- 2022 CBSA Year in Review: More travellers, more trade, illegal guns and drugs off our streets/

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Thursday, December 29, 2022
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The CBSA has an important and complex mandate as Canada's first line of defence at 1,200 ports of entry.

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  • The CBSA has an important and complex mandate as Canada's first line of defence at 1,200 ports of entry.
  • With the extreme potency of synthetic drugs, like fentanyl, an amount measured even in milligrams can cause a fatal overdose.
  • Over the course of the Fraser upgrades, a written collaborative arrangement was signed between the First Nation and the CBSA.
  • I want to thank CBSA employees for all they do to keep our communities safe while ensuring that Canada remains open to the world."

2022 CBSA Year in Review: More travellers, more trade, illegal guns and drugs off our streets

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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Established mutual recognition with Peru and the European Union to recognize each others' Trusted Trader program members as low risk and honour similar program benefits.

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  • Established mutual recognition with Peru and the European Union to recognize each others' Trusted Trader program members as low risk and honour similar program benefits.
  • The CBSA has an important and complex mandate as Canada's first line of defence at 1,200 ports of entry.
  • Over the course of the Fraser upgrades, a written collaborative arrangement was signed between the First Nation and the CBSA.
  • I want to thank CBSA employees for all they do to keep our communities safe while ensuring that Canada remains open to the world."

THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT SUPPORTS RECONCILIATION WITH KEEPSAKE HONOURING THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF RESIDENTIAL, DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOLS

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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Honouring the Survivors and children who never returned, the Truth and Reconciliation Keepsake helps educate Canadians about the intergenerational impacts of Residential, Day and Boarding schools.

Key Points: 
  • Honouring the Survivors and children who never returned, the Truth and Reconciliation Keepsake helps educate Canadians about the intergenerational impacts of Residential, Day and Boarding schools.
  • "People in Canada can now honour those children and Survivors with this keepsake, and support the healing journeys of our communities through the Na-mi-quai-ni-mak Community Support Fund."
  • "Mint employees are proud to have worked closely with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and its Survivors Circle to create the Truth and Reconciliation Keepsake," said Royal Canadian Mint President and CEO, Marie Lemay.
  • The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada's circulation coins.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT SUPPORTS RECONCILIATION WITH KEEPSAKE HONOURING THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF RESIDENTIAL, DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOLS

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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Honouring the Survivors and children who never returned, the Truth and Reconciliation Keepsake helps educate Canadians about the intergenerational impacts of Residential, Day and Boarding schools.

Key Points: 
  • Honouring the Survivors and children who never returned, the Truth and Reconciliation Keepsake helps educate Canadians about the intergenerational impacts of Residential, Day and Boarding schools.
  • "People in Canada can now honour those children and Survivors with this keepsake, and support the healing journeys of our communities through the Na-mi-quai-ni-mak Community Support Fund."
  • "Mint employees are proud to have worked closely with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and its Survivors Circle to create the Truth and Reconciliation Keepsake," said Royal Canadian Mint President and CEO, Marie Lemay.
  • The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada's circulation coins.

Canada supports Dakota Tipi First Nation in undertaking research and commemoration activities around five former residential school sites

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available to provide support to former residential school students who can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-Hour National Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.

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  • A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available to provide support to former residential school students who can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-Hour National Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.
  • The locating of unmarked graves at former residential school sites across Canada is a tragic reminder of the abuse Indigenous children suffered in these institutions.
  • Dakota Tipi First Nation will also undertake knowledge gathering and with direction from Elders, Survivors and their families explore commemoration and memorialization activities.This will be a community-led process to ensure Dakota Tipi First Nation can undertake this work in a way that respects their Dakota protocols.
  • The Government of Canada and all Canadians support the Residential School Survivor Project, which will be guided by a Survivor-led steering committee - to contribute to the healing of Survivors and community of Dakota Tipi First Nation."

Research on major societal issues: Indigenous education and health

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Thursday, September 23, 2021
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The professors, Nancy Wiscutie-Crpeau and Mireille De La Sablonnire-Griffin will carry out large-scale projects targeting key issues of the UMR: education, as well as health and wellness.

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  • The professors, Nancy Wiscutie-Crpeau and Mireille De La Sablonnire-Griffin will carry out large-scale projects targeting key issues of the UMR: education, as well as health and wellness.
  • Professor Nancy Wiscutie-Crpeau, a certified teacher, pursued her doctoral studies in second language education at the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa.
  • Because of her training and her life experience, she is interested in the place of Indigenous languages in the school environment.
  • Her work has focused on the teaching of Anicinapemowin in the education sector of the community of Kitcisakik.