Is it genocide? Read Cindy Blackstock's Twitter learning series for Canadians
A firestorm erupted in the media when the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls concluded that Aboriginal people in Canada experienced genocide.
Even the prime minister was reluctant to use this word on the day that the 1,200-page report was released.
To help provide some context, Indigenous child and family researcher Cindy Blackstock has launched a learning series on Twitter entitled "Is It Genocide?".
Blackstock, a member of the Gitskan First Nation and a professor in the McGill University school of social work, said over Twitter that it's because "ignorance breeds certainty and knowledge breeds humility."
And she's hoping that people who work in the media will read her tweets on this topic.
We've reproduced the ones that she's put out on this topic since beginning the series last week.
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138777823575805953
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138778006233575424
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138778201478483968
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https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138776403212509184
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138778484392677377
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1136951800144257024
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138778747383848960
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138778869647888384
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138778973855313921
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1138779613482479618
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1139127022062592002
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1139490644861186048
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1139872873873641473
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1140219367873032192
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