Call for Expressions of interest - blog series on the history and ongoing impact of Residentials Schools and Indian Hospitals 

Continuing truth telling

Our findings are not unique to YWCA Canada. We know that similar work in Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals was carried out by service organizations and philanthropic societies across Canada. We believe our report joins the important work of many others who seek to move the history and ongoing impact of Residentials Schools and Indian Hospitals beyond the narrow scope allowed by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

To amplify this work, we propose a blog series that:

Troubles both the current state of the historical discipline and reconciliation;
Explores the role of historical inquiry in responding to the “minimization, distortion, and denial” of settler colonialism; and
Interrogates the processes and challenges of doing paid public history in the context of ongoing settler colonialism and settler apologies.

We ask that submissions be sent by August 1, 2025

https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/04/10/ywca-canada-residential-schools-indian-hospitals/