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The Blackburn News Podcast presents: Reckoning with residential schools, part 2

In this episode of the Blackburn News Podcast, host Craig Needles speaks with Professor Lori Campbell about the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

Professor Campbell talks about the reaction to the discovery, the shameful history of residential schools, and how many Canadians turned a blind eye to their existence over the years.

 

 

Part 1, a conversation with Indigenous scholar Sara Mai Chitty can be heard here:

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