The discourse on “mass graves” linked to the Indian Residential School system in Canada has painted a sombre chapter in our history. But as recent excavations suggest, these “mass graves” do not exist, though there are most certainly residential school cemeteries that have been overgrown or otherwise lost to time.
Canada stands at a crossroads, torn between its historical sins and the inability to discuss what actually happened in residential schools, because the truth has been buried under the false narrative of “mass graves.”
