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Today is the launch of Season 6 of Don’t Call Me Resilient! As we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we take you inside the ongoing quest to document the children who died in Canada’s Indian Residential Schools system.
On today’s episode, we speak with Terri Cardinal, director of Indigenous initiatives at MacEwan University, about the search she led to uncover the unmarked graves of those who never came home from the Blue Quills Residential School in Alberta. It’s deeply personal and emotional work for Cardinal, whose own father is a survivor of the school. Cardinal talks about what she found, how she felt, and what she hopes will come
out of the searches.
She says the number of unmarked graves at Blue Quills — and across the country — is much higher than many of us could have imagined. And she says it’s important to keep shining a light on the rising numbers, especially with so many Canadians in denial about what really happened at these schools.
It’s an emotional and fascinating conversation. You can listen to Don’t Call Me Resilient on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts.
And please, if you are a fan of the podcast, please help us spread the word about it. You can do that by following the pod and leaving us a rating or review on your favourite podcast app. It only takes a minute, and it really helps others discover our work.
And of course, we’d love to hear your story ideas. If there is an unfolding news story you think we should cover, you can email us at DCMR@theconversation.com
You can also join The Conversation on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok with #DontCallMeResilient.
Also, in today’s Conversation, Cardinal has written an article in which she reveals the findings of her search at Blue Quills.
Other stories to check out today are:
All the best.
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Vinita Srivastava
Host + Producer, Don't Call Me Resilient
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The Blue Quills Indian Residential School in St. Paul, Alta., Aug. 15, 1931. When the federal government announced plans to shutter the school in 1970, the community fought back, and Blue Quills became the first residence and school controlled by First Nations people in Canada.
(Provincial Archives of Alberta)
Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation
To honour Truth and Reconciliation Day, we spoke with Terri Cardinal, who headed up one of the many community searches for the children who went missing while attending an Indian Residential School.
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Ceremonial tipis sit in front of the former residential school, Blue Quills, now the home to Blue Quills university run by seven First Nations.
(Terri Cardinal)
Terri Cardinal, MacEwan University
The author led a search for unmarked graves at the site of Blue Quills, a former residential school. She found more areas of interest (potential graves) than the official record shows.
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A school shift towards reading Indigenous literature shows students and our society the importance of learning about Indigenous perspectives, cultures, contributions and histories.
(Jennifer Brant)
Jennifer Brant, University of Toronto; Erenna Morrison, University of Toronto; Gayatri Thakor, University of Toronto; Meagan Hamilton, University of Toronto
Researchers from an Indigenous literatures lab examine texts that are well-suited for a new Grade 11 course, First Voices.
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Kwetiio, Kahentinetha and Karakwine (from left to right), three of the six Mohawk Mothers seeking to uncover unmarked graves at the former Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal.
(Justin Heritage)
Léa Denieul-Pinsky, Concordia University
Debates over what “mapping” means show how Indigenous communities still have to advocate for and defend their cartographic methods in order to uphold their connections to the land.
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Alberta students learning to be teachers visited a tipi erected by Woodland Cree Elder Phillip Campiou, near the banks of kisiskâciwan-sîpî (the North Saskatchewan River).
(Lorin Yochim)
Lorin Yochim, University of Alberta; Christine Martineau, Concordia University of Edmonton
Experiential learning took students in a bachelor of education program out of the classroom for their own learning about truth and reconciliation and to prepare them for future classrooms.
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Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem holds a news conference at the Bank of Canada in July 2023.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Dan Cohen, Queen's University, Ontario; Emily Rosenman, Penn State; Martine August, University of Waterloo
Why is monetary policy outside the realm of politics? What are the social ramifications of our current monetary policy system? What alternatives exist?
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Planting trees to offset carbon is meaningless if the trees are lost to fire. A new way of understanding carbon storage based on both time and quantity stored is required to fully utilize carbon storage in climate change mitigation strategies.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
H. Damon Matthews, Concordia University; Alexander Koch, University of Hong Kong; Amy Luers, Concordia University; Kirsten Zickfeld, Simon Fraser University
Tracking both the amount of carbon and the time that it remains stored is key to unlocking the potential of nature-based carbon storage as a climate mitigation strategy.
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La Conversation Canada
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Nous pouvons observer le processus d’évolution en laboratoire dans des conditions parfaitement contrôlées.
(Shutterstock)
Alex Nguyen Ba, University of Toronto
Une nouvelle étude met en lumière la nature interconnectée du génome humain et ce que cela signifie pour les futures thérapies géniques.
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Arts
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Paul Dietschy, Université de Franche-Comté – UBFC
Salif Keïta helped define African football’s relationship with the rest of the world, was influential in France and shaped the game in Mali.
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Environment + Energy
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Jacqueline Boyd, Nottingham Trent University
Scientists had thought a ‘dogxim’ was impossible until one was discovered in Brazil
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Science + Tech
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Lori Weeden, UMass Lowell
Sea glass, while an eye-catching treasure and a multimillion-dollar industry, exists because of decades of improper waste management.
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