The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg now deems the treatment of Indigenous Peoples in Canada a genocide, a change in position following criticism. Previously, the museum had said Indigenous Peoples faced cultural genocide rather than genocide. This photo was part of the Rights of Passage exhibition that was on display last year at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Frank Chalk, a professor of history and director of research for the Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University, said it was a good thing for the museum to recognize acts against Indigenous Peoples, such as residential schools, as genocide. "The reason why I spoke out at that time was because they're supposed to be a museum for human rights, and if the Museum for Human Rights can't use the word genocide, how are we supposed to really educate Canadians about the genocide that actually happened in this country?"

Source: CBC News May 17, 2019 22:03 UTC