LAWS 3908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Murray Sinclair, Comity
6 Dec 2017
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Laws 3908b week 4 september 28th, 2016. Video talked about the steps canada can take. From 1874 to 1996 many indian children were sent to residential schools where they were forbidden to see their parents, speak their native language, or practice their cultural beliefs. Many of these children were abused; sexually physically and psychologically. In 2008 there was a 2 billion dollars settlement that was given to survivors of those residential schools. But the survivors were not out for money, rather they wanted the wrongdoing to be recognized and be able to speak about those wrongdoings. They want people to show respect to them by listening to their stories and recognizing that they had been treating in a way that was unacceptable. By listening to the survivors, it gives them a chance to make connections with canadians and build relationships and gives them the chance to express their views with the rest of.
