Who’s Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? – The Tyee

May 8, 2026

A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.

One morning last November, Shay Paul opened Facebook from her home in Kamloops, B.C., and was shocked to find her online community pages transformed.

Every group she was part of — from a page for Kamloops community updates to one for local thrifters — was awash in what she called residential school denialism.

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