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Witnessing Painful Pasts: Understanding Images of Sports at Canadian Indian Residential Schools
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This chapter examines the presence of sports in Canadian residential schools and the use of sports as a tool for forced assimilation.
Contributors
Taylor McKee and Janice Forsyth
Janice Forsyth is a member of the Fisher River Cree First Nation and a professor in the Faculty of Education, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia. She is a recognized leader in Indigenous sport development in Canada. Her research has generated significant national and international attention among scholars and practitioners, and several of her studies are included in the reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2017, she was elected to the College of the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to research and advocacy.
