In the Sept 18 issue of the Coast (Halifax’s independent weekly newspaper), city editor Jacob Boon interviewed author Chris Benjamin about his new book, Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School. Here is a brief excerpt from the interview:
Why did you want to write this book?
I’m interested in all kinds of social justice issues, but I was fascinated by the residential school system and what happened. Always the question left in my mind was, as a European-descended Canadian, what the hell were we thinking? I just wanted to understand the thinking that went into the school. I had a rudimentary idea of what that was, but where did it come from? Who was behind it?
Click here to read the full interview at thecoast.ca.