Mythbusting Residential Schools were well-intentioned

Sean Carleton addresses the critical issue of residential school denialism, a form of misinformation that distorts the facts about the residential school system. Carleton explains that this denialism is not about denying the existence of residential schools, but rather about twisting the truth to undermine public confidence in efforts toward Truth and Reconciliation.

[@JanBell-bt9do]

Education was negotiated in the treaties by Indigenous leaders of the time. The fur trade was dying and they wanted their children educated so as to prosper in the "New World". Education for Indigenous people is a treaty right and Canada was fulfilling it's treaty obligations. Abuse unfortunately happened in ALL schools during that time period.

[@DanielPage]

"Rigorously proven" - I think elaborating on this would be helpful [as this video is actually saying these "talking points" are false]. I've seen Carleton's talks, I've not seen anything "rigorously proven". That's an abuse of terminology. Rigorously proven means something very different than likely Carleton is saying, academically speaking. This isn't proving a mathematical theorem or something, this is about a topic where the public deserves the best evidence available. Carleton, rather than engaging like an academic, often cowers behind talking points and smears "residential school denialists" by calling them names; that's not supporting good-quality academics. Giving concrete examples would have made a "mythbusting" video more helpful.
I'm disappointed as alum of U of M to see it invest its time and money into creating these poor quality videos, as these aren't about academics [this video omits the actual academics] but instead is advancing confusing points that explain nothing more than "trust experts". The term [residential school denialism] itself is confusing and misleads people, as it definitely sounds like something else.

[@skylarannd]

Concrete answers like what? Are the stories of survivors not considered concrete because oral history is not considered “concrete” in western society? The fact that there are people denying that anything bad came from residential schools when there is oral history and quite literally burn marks from my great uncle who was set on fire by a priest at Brandon residential school.
I don’t understand where you’re coming from.

[@skylarannd]

Don’t forget that the land you study on is Treaty 1, and you have a duty to educate yourself, so instead of being “disappointed” why don’t you stop in at the NCTR on UM Fort Gary campus and educate yourself instead of getting “disappointed” with academics. smh.

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