{"id":35057,"date":"2026-06-10T01:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?p=35057"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:04:24","slug":"residential-school-denialism-competing-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/residential-school-denialism-competing-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential School Denialism: Competing Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eleanore Sunchild, KC (Sunchild Law) and Professor Tom Flanagan (University of Calgary) join us to discuss residential school denialism and recent proposals to prohibit it under the Criminal Code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conversation explores the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, competing claims about residential school history, and the evidence underlying contemporary debates over residential school denialism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunchild and Flanagan discuss questions surrounding abuse and mortality within residential schools, the removal of Indigenous children from their families, and ongoing debates regarding unmarked graves and alleged burial sites. The guests also examine proposed amendments to the Criminal Code, the relationship between free expression and reconciliation, and the legal and moral arguments for and against criminalizing certain forms of denial, downplaying, or misrepresentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along the way, the discussion considers the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, historical memory, and the role of criminal law in addressing disputed historical claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7852\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-35057-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Runnymede_Radio_June_10_2026_.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Runnymede_Radio_June_10_2026_.m4a\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Runnymede_Radio_June_10_2026_.m4a<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_m4a\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Runnymede_Radio_June_10_2026_.m4a\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/?powerpress_pinw=35057-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Runnymede_Radio_June_10_2026_.m4a\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Runnymede_Radio_June_10_2026_.m4a\">Download<\/a> (122.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('35057-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_35057-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_35057-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/?powerpress_embed=35057-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleanore Sunchild, KC (Sunchild Law) and Professor Tom Flanagan (University of Calgary) join us to discuss residential school denialism and recent proposals to prohibit it under the Criminal Code. The conversation explores the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, competing claims about residential school history, and the evidence underlying contemporary debates over residential school denialism. 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