May 8, 2026
A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.
[Editor’s note: This article contains discussion of residential school denialism and abuse at residential schools.]
One morning last November, Shay Paul opened Facebook from her home in Kamloops, B.C., and was shocked to find her online community pages transformed.
Every group she was part of — from a page for Kamloops community updates to one for local thrifters — was awash in what she called residential school denialism.
