"Most Canadians do not know enough to know what they donÔÇÖt knowÔÇØ on Indigenous issues

“Amid celebrations, a vigorous debate has erupted over the gap between the Canadian federal government’s promises to Indigenous peoples and what might charitably be termed the muted delivery on those promises,” write the University of Alberta’s Tracy Bear and Chris Andersen for the Globe and Mail. The authors highlight a number of examples to illustrate what they argue is a continuing ignorance and historical inaccuracy that still shapes many Canadians’ understanding of Indigenous peoples and cultures. “Part of the issue,” they add, “is that most Canadians do not know enough to know what they don’t know.” The authors conclude that “without a concerted effort on the part of all Canadians, the old adage that ‘failing to learn from the past ensures its inevitable repetition in the future’ is not just a foreseeable reality but a certainty.”

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