Anyone who says "residential schools gave Indigenous children an education that normally they wouldn't have received" is either deliberately choosing to ignore the damage the residential school system did, or has never spent time in an associated First Nations community.

A college professor who makes that choice or speaks publicly on a subject they know little about does not deserve their position.

Anyone who says "residential schools gave Indigenous children an education that normally they wouldn't have received" is either deliberately choosing to ignore the damage the residential school system did, or has never spent time in an associated First Nations community.