In this course, students learn about Canada's residential school system (RSS), a system that operated in Canada for over 160 years, with the intent to sever Indigenous children's connections to family, community, land, culture, and language in an overt attempt to assimilate these diverse peoples into Euro-Canadian culture. The RSS will be situated within the larger context of Canadian settler colonialism. Learners explore the historical and contemporary harms caused by cultural genocide, the policies and prejudices that enabled the RSS, along with modern efforts toward reconciliation, restitution, and restoration.

Warning: Please be advised that this course contains potentially distressing material, including explicit descriptions of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. Please consider your personal well-being prior to enrolling in this course.