Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
An interesting article in the Montreal Gazette by a member of the Objiways. he recites the gospel that residential schools were a soul destroying institution, but goes on the say that many benefited from the experience. I have always thought if you give people money if they say they were abused, they will say they were abused. I am sure some abuse did happen, but not all the kids were abused. I have...
Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Shorter dr. roy : If you give money to residential school survivors who say they were abused, then other former residents will say they were abused so they can get money, too. I wish I was kidding.
BIG BLUE WAVE (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Dr. Roy blogs about an Indian whose mother had a positive experience of a residential school. The journalist writes : She credits the residential- school experience with teaching her domestic skills. While she was at the school, she learned how to cook, sew, clean, launder and take care of a home. Her house on the reserve is known as the neatest and cleanest and even though she's an elder, she takes...
