Toronto book publisher accused of whitewashing Indigenous history

A page from the school book describing how European settlers acquired Indigenous land…

Parents express outrage over workbook in Grade 3 social studies section

By Philip Lee-Shanok, CBC News, October 3, 2017

Indigo is among bookstores that have pulled a children’s educational workbook that angry parents say glosses over the history of Indigenous people since the arrival of Europeans to North America.

Aboriginal history, culture coming to B.C. schools curriculum

Marines from the Royal Navy destroying a Kwakwaka’wakw village in 1850, from The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, by Gord Hill.

‘You can’t have reconciliation unless you understand what the truth behind it is,’ said Peter Fassbender

By All Points West, CBC News, June 19, 2015

It’s meant to be a step towards reconciliation: B.C.’s new education curriculum will include more instruction on aboriginal culture and history.

The province says this is a response to a “call for action” coming out of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

“The Truth and Reconciliation Commission really showed us the urgent need we have to move forward in a very positive way,” said Education Minister Peter Fassbender.