Academic rigour, journalistic flair It is entirely unprecedented to have a sitting head of government admitting to ongoing genocide. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during ceremonies at the release of the MMIWG report in Gatineau, on June 3. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld June 20, 2019 10.54am NZST Three weeks ago, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights acknowledged the existence of genocide in Canada. In a tweet, they called the Indian Residential Schools system a violation of the United Nations Genocide Convention. The final report on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls took that acknowledgement several steps further. The report documents how Canada has committed and continues to commit colonial genocide through a range of composite acts. In 2015, the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought attention to “cultural genocide.” I recently published The Sleeping Giant Awakens, a book on the Indian Residential system and genocide. In my book, I outline how it was outside the TRC’s limited post-judicial mandate to conclude with a finding of genocide. Although TRC Chair Murray Sinclair approached his legal team Author David MacDonald Professor of Political Science and Research Leadership Chair for the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph Genocide is foundational to Canada: What are we going to do about it? Genocide is foundational to Canada: What are we going to do about it? https://theconversation.com/genocide-is-foundational-to-canada-what-ar... 1 of 3 9/14/2021, 3:24 PM