What the Media (Including Us) Got Wrong About Residential School Graves

About this episode

The episode discusses the media's handling of the reporting on residential school graves and the implications of language used in that reporting.

The Globe and Mail’s editorial board calls the initial reporting on Kamloops residential school graves a “failure of journalism.”  Five years later, debate continues over small errors in the language used to report on the preliminary findings of an investigation into unmarked graves.  Is the Globe’s decision to address these issues productive or will it fuel denial of the impact of residential schools on Indigenous  communities?  Host: Jesse Brown Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons(Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Harrison Lowman Further reading:  There is no reconciliation without truth - The Globe and Mail #786 Digging For Doubt - CANADALAND [Podcast] #1362 The Truth About Residential School Graves - CANADALAND [Podcast] The search for graves at Tk’emlups, five years on - The Decibel [YouTube]  Kamloops residential school survivors recall students going missing, digging of graves in orchard - CBC [YouTube]  ‘Horrible History’: Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada - The New York Times SAY WHAT?: Ranking the…

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Brown

Guest: Harrison Lowman

Topics covered

• residential schools
• journalism ethics
• Indigenous communities
• media criticism
• unmarked graves
• truth and reconciliation

Keywords

• residential school graves
• Kamloops
• journalism failure
• Indigenous issues
• media debate
• truth
• reconciliation

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Globe and Mail, CANADALAND, CBC, The New York Times, Western Standard, National Post

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