The Globe and Mail’s editorial board calls the initial reporting on Kamloops residential school graves a “failure of journalism.” 

Five years later, debate continues over small errors in the language used to report on the preliminary findings of an investigation into unmarked graves. 

Is the Globe’s decision to address these issues productive or will it fuel denial of the impact of residential schools on Indigenous  communities? 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons(Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Harrison Lowman

Further reading: 

• There is no reconciliation without truth – The Globe and Mail
• #786 Digging For Doubt – CANADALAND [Podcast]
• #1362 The Truth About Residential School Graves – CANADALAND [Podcast]
• The search for graves at Tk’emlups, five years on – The Decibel [YouTube] 
• Kamloops residential school survivors recall students going missing, digging of graves in orchard – CBC [YouTube] 
• ‘Horrible History’: Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada – The New York Times
• SAY WHAT?: Ranking the Top Ten most painful English speakers in Canadian politics – Western Standard
• Tim Hortons to dial back use of Temporary Foreign Worker program, aims to hire 10,000 locally – The Globe and Mail
• ‘Where’s the melt?’ Tim Hortons customers complain of unmelted grilled cheese sandwiches – National Post     

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