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Apostolic Apologetics: Vatican Statements and Indigenous Demands for Justice, 2020–23
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In this chapter, Palmer discusses the Catholic church’s role in running Indigenous residential schools in Canada. He describes how school survivors sought formal apologies and financial compensation for the physical, emotional, cultural, and sexual violence they experienced, and the church’s responses to these demands
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Bryan D. Palmer
Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. In the fall of 2024, Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500–1890 was published, followed by Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890—1960 in the spring of 2025. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.
