Barbara Kay: Condemnation of Good-Faith Research Into Residential-School History Must Stop

The Canadian flag on the Peace Tower flies at half-mast on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 2, 2021, after the announcement of the discovery of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Commentary

On April 1, a new website was launched by the Indian Residential Schools Research Group (irsrg.ca) whose mission is to share with the public historical materials concerning the residential-school system, materials that uphold “the highest standards of research, evidence, and logic in the pursuit of the truth, wherever that may lead. Most importantly, we believe only through truth can there be reconciliation.”