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How radar technology found the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children, renewing calls for more searches and truth

How radar technology found the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children, renewing calls for more searches and truth

FromThis Matters


How radar technology found the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children, renewing calls for more searches and truth

FromThis Matters

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jun 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

An Indigenous archaeologist reflects on the discovery in Kamloops, explains how radar technology helps find burial sites in a culturally respectful way and the reckoning that will follow in finding the full truth behind Canada’s residential school system. Guest: Kisha Supernant, Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology and associate professor at the University of Alberta
Released:
Jun 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What’s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Raju Mudhar talk to experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.