{"product_id":"truth-before-reconciliation-confronting-residential-school-denialism-9781772841626","title":"Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Without truth, justice is not served, healing cannot happen, and there can be no genuine reconciliation\"--The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe TRC's Final Report, released in 2015, is the outcome of many years of research and rigorous scholarship by hundreds of academics across Canada. More than 5 million documents from governments, churches, and schools, hundreds of secondary sources, and the testimonies of over 7,000 residential school Survivors informed the Commission's work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite six volumes evincing the genocide, some Canadians choose to deny, downplay, and disparage these findings in a battle for public memory waged in popular media and across social media platforms. Denialists do not refute the existence of the schools or that abuse happened. Rather, they cherry-pick and distort facts to minimize the harms done to Indigenous communities as they seek to turn reconciliation into a partisan issue and preserve national myths of benevolence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCountering soundbites with substance, Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, along with a team of expert historians, educators, Survivors, archivists, and archeologists, analyze the genesis, methods, and consequences of denialism; push back on denialist claims; and highlight some of the primary sources and peer-reviewed scholarship that denialists ignore or misrepresent. Importantly, they also document the harms denialists have inflicted on Survivors and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbedded in the lived experiences of Survivors and supported by the evidentiary record, \u003cem\u003eTruth Before Reconciliation\u003c\/em\u003e is a valuable tool to help develop the historical and information literacy needed to identify and combat denialism and anti-Indigenous racism as we collectively build a more honourable future for all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Carleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Manitoba Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 5.98w x 1.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772841626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinclair, Niigaanwewidam James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNiigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter's\/Little Peguis) and a professor at the University of Manitoba where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics in the Department of Indigenous Studies. Niigaan is also an award-winning writer, editor, and activist who was named to the \"Power List\" in 2022 by Maclean's magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarleton, Sean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSean Carleton is a settler historian and associate professor in the departments of History and Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba. His award-winning research examines the history and political economy of schooling and settler capitalism in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sean Carleton \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":67804837085341,"sku":"9781772841626","price":38.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0cc3a0d5-aa60-447c-a84a-1dc25504a66b.jpg?v=1794384763","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/truth-before-reconciliation-confronting-residential-school-denialism-9781772841626","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}