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‘Terrible abuses’ — or perhaps not?
Everybody knows that Residential Schools were places of terrible abuse and misery. But were they in fact? Fortunately a great deal of evidence is becoming available. Health data from the archives suggest otherwise.
China's History as Destiny
By Charles Burton. Xi Jinping's efforts to revitalize Communist Party rule and stave off decay rely on reinforcing strictly Leninist political structures, terror — and lies about China's Official History. From our archives.
Flanagan Admits He Was Wrong
Our first quarterly edition, # 27, ships this week. Top of the bill: Professor Tom Flanagan recants his former position on the 1885 Louis Riel Trial. In history terms, that's big news!
Collaborating in Indigenous Privilege
It should not be surprising that there was outrage expressed, real or contrived, by the Quesnel, B.C., city council to the community circulation of a carefully researched collection jointly published by True North and Dorchester Books called Grave Error: How the Media Misled Us (and the Truth about Residential Schools).
Last of the Nation-Builders
By Raymond B. Blake. Brian Mulroney changed the story of Canada that many were comfortable with, adding features he saw as necessary for accommodating the interests and aspirations of people and regions alienated by Pierre E. Trudeau. In time, Mulroney’s vision and policies became enduring threads in the national fabric.