Education in New France
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Author/Creator
Roger Magnuson
In response to the negative experiences of Indigenous populations within the Canadian education system this paper discusses the role of elders and knowledge keepers to help create a more positive educational experience for Indigenous students.
Compares the treatment of Jewish people in the fictional story of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald with children's experiences in residential schools in Canada, and Indian boarding schools in the United States.
Chapter from Productive Remembering and Social Agency edited by Teresa Strong-Wilson, Claudia Mitchell, Susann Allnutt, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.