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The University of Victoria says it isn’t allowing an event involving the leader of the One BC political party and two people who have publicly questioned suspected unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops. A letter from the university to One BC Leader Dallas Brodie, Jim McMurtry and Frances Widdowson says the event, scheduled for Tuesday, is not permitted because it did not go through the appropriate booking process and there isn’t enough time to ensure proper safety planning. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs says it is deeply concerned the event, under the guise of freedom of speech, will promote residential school denialism and cause further harm to survivors. Both McMurtry and Widdowson have questioned a May 2021 announcement that more than 200 suspected… <\/p>\n

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The University of Victoria says it isn’t allowing an event involving the leader of the One BC political party and two people who have publicly questioned suspected unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops. A letter from the university to One BC Leader Dallas Brodie, Jim McMurtry and Frances Widdowson says the event, scheduled for Tuesday, is not permitted because it did not go through the appropriate booking process and there isn’t enough time to ensure proper safety planning. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs says it is deeply concerned the event, under the guise of freedom of speech, will promote residential school denialism and cause further harm to survivors. Both McMurtry and Widdowson have questioned a May 2021 announcement that more than 200 suspected... <\/p>\n

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