CALGARY — A former BC indigenous chief has said that she “wishes” Dr. Frances Widdowson would be beaten and raped so she would understand “what our people went through” with regards to the legacy of indigenous residential schools.
During a Tuesday livestream hosted by the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Faculty of Medicine, Charlene Belleau of the Esk’etemc First Nation in BC recounted a heated confrontation she had with Widdowson at Thompson Rivers University in November 2025.
BC chief who wants Frances Widdowson beaten and raped says her “uncle” committed suicide at residential school.
She has called him her uncle, great uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
She is not related to the person at all. pic.twitter.com/hutv5eBx7F
— Jim McMurtry (@JimMcMurtry01) April 15, 2026
