053 Not So Different, Not So Distant: Day Schools, Residential Schools, and the Myth of the ‘Lesser Harm’
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Indian Day Schools are often described as a lesser harm. A softer version of a system we already know was devastating.
In this episode of Canadian Creepies, we challenge that narrative.
Not So Different, Not So Distant examines the similarities and differences between Indian Day Schools and Residential Schools, asking what really changed—and what didn’t. While children in day schools returned home at night, they were still subjected to the same federal policies, the same assimilationist ideology, and often the same abuses carried out by church-run…
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