B.C. homework assignment asked for 'positive experiences with residential schools' (Vancouver Sun)

Karen Clemmer 12/4/209:15 AM

By Canadian Press, November 28, 2020, Vancouver Sun.

A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find “positive experiences with residential schools.”

Krista MacInnis said she began crying when her daughter asked for help on the Grade 6 assignment from William A. Fraser Middle School in Abbotsford.

“True reconciliation requires all of us to acknowledge the history and pain of this dark and shameful period in our history, which is now a critically important part of today’s B.C. school curriculum,” he said in a statement.
“Any teachings that detract or dismiss the realities of residential schools have no place in our education system.”

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