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Sean Carleton

@seancarleton.bsky.social

Historian of colonialism, capitalism, and schooling in Canada. Confronting residential school denialism. Books: When the Pine Needles Fall; Lessons in Legitimacy; Dissenting Traditions. www.seancarleton.com

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today is the 36th anniversary of the 1990 Mohawk Resistance - but the origins of the “crisis” lay in the 270-year struggle against colonial land theft that preceded the SQ invasion on July 11. That struggle continues, as I was honoured to discuss with Ellen Gabriel in When the Pine Needles Fall:

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 4w ago

Very honoured to write the new foreword for Kristy McLeod and Phyllis Webstad’s bestselling book, Decolonization and Me, reflecting on 10 years since the TRC and the rise of residential school denialism (which the book addresses head on). If you’re looking for a good summer read, check it out.

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · last mo.

Pretty funny way of admitting that, for conservatives, Canada Day *is* about unapologetically celebrating colonialism and the oppression of Indigenous Peoples. That's a losing strategy, as the majority of Canadians support reconciliation and building a more honourable future.

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Dr. Collin Chepeka 🇵🇸@collinchepeka.bsky.social · last mo.

This is a fantastic interview. The arguments made by both @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and @seancarleton.bsky.social reflect the awareness that genocide denial and fascism has always found a comfortable home in Canada. You can apply the same analysis to Israel's campaign of genocide denial.

Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · last mo.

.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I joined CBC's Front Burner to talk about what's fuelling residential school denialism and what we can do to confront it: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Canadian Dimension@canadiandimension.bsky.social · last mo.

Following today's appearance on Front Burner, revisit @seancarleton.bsky.social's important work in CD on the rise of residential school denialism in Canada: 🔹 canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... 🔹 canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... 🔹 canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have a residential school denialism problem

It’s time for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives to move on from Aaron Gunn and leave residential school denialism behind once and for all. If the Conservatives are truly serious about “common sen...

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · last mo.

.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I joined CBC's Front Burner to talk about what's fuelling residential school denialism and what we can do to confront it: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · last mo.

.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I joined CBC's Front Burner to talk about what's fuelling residential school denialism and what we can do to confront it: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

What’s fuelling residential school denialism? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

A warning: this episode discusses the trauma and harms surrounding Canada's residential school history. Please listen with care.  So much of what we know about Canada's residential schools has been ...

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Turns out the residential school denialist movement is really just a handful of fired or retired academics who created an email group to create denialist content that is being boosted by far-right media, think tanks, and politicians to attack truth and reconciliation: thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

Who’s Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? | The Tyee

A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is a huge development in the fight to combat rising anti-Indigenous racism and rampant residential school denialism in British Columbia and across Canada.

UBCIC@ubcic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"UBCIC will continue to stand with Survivors and our Nations in confronting denialism and ensuring that the truth of residential schools is upheld. This work is fundamental to reconciliation and must be supported, not suppressed." Chief Marilyn Slett www.ubcic.bc.ca/court_affirm...

Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The anti-Indigenous rhetoric coming out of BC politics right now is troubling. It's being led by the right, as I've explained, but the NDP's lack of leadership and courage in confronting it is equally troubling, I argue for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Confronting the far-right’s war on reconciliation

As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation. As professor and author Sean Carleton explains, w...

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Indian Act. Over on @activehist.bsky.social, we’re running a year-long series examining its controversial history. Here’s the series introduction I contributed to: activehistory.ca/blog/2026/01...

Indian Act 150: An Introduction

By Katie Carson, Sarah Kittilsen, and Sean Carleton Canada 150—the sesquicentennial celebration of the country’s confederation—was marked with pomp and circumstance, as the Federal Government encou…

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Sean Carleton@seancarleton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’ve reached the Make BC Racist Again part of the BC Conservative leadership campaign. Be proud of shelling Indigenous communities with gunboats? Forced re-education for children? Ignoring Canadian law and reusing to sign treaties only to cause future problems? Embarrassing stuff.

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