John S. Milloy

A scholarly, yet accessible, thoroughly-researched history of the evolution and implementation of residential schools in Canada. Another book that should be required reading for all Canadians, even though some of the stories of maltreatment are hard to bear, detailing, as they do, a national system of child abuse.

The book wasn't available in any of the libraries near here: I had to get it on interlibrary loan. This possibly says something uncomplimentary about the lack of significance show more accorded by the general Canadian public to this policy and its consequences to the people and communities who were affected.

And one minor gripe - the quality of editing was pretty poor - not what I'd hope for from a university press! show less

"One of the 100 most important Canadian books ever written." -Literary Review of Canada