Opinion

Activists protest Egerton Ryerson on Ryerson University campus on June 6th, 2021. Ryerson was the chief superintendent of education for Upper Canada and is considered instrumental in the design and implementation of the Indian Residential School System. (Nadya Kwandibens/Red Works Photography)

A diploma with the wrong name

Waubgeshig Rice: We knew that succeeding at Ryerson University, named after a man who would have never wanted us there in the first place, would be the ultimate educational triumph
Memorial to residential school victims outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Shelby Lisk)

Screaming into silence

Cindy Blackstock: I believe those little spirits buried on the grounds of residential schools came to ensure the work gets done to end the injustices facing survivors
Darian Henderson-Bellman as a bridesmaid in 2019. (Courtesy of Flo Bellman and Paul Henderson)

The story of Darian Henderson-Bellman

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