Hi everyone. Well, it's gone by really fast, I know, but this is the last episode of the season

before the podcast goes on a scheduled summer break from publishing. The next case after this

will be released on September the 1st. But in the meantime, stay tuned for the annual case,

updates and feedback episodes over July and August. Quite a few of the cases from the last

10 months have provoked strong reactions and valid feedback and I'll be responding to that too

as part of the case updates episode. It has been a crazy time, but thank you so much for listening

and thanks also for your support and your generous reviews

and ratings.

It really helps the show continue to grow and improve.

Now, before we get to the episode, I wanted to acknowledge some important news that broke out

at the end of May here in Canada about residential schools, which have been mentioned a few

times in this podcast.

The schools were established by the Canadian government in the 1800s, as part of their

colonization effort to gain control over the indigenous people.

They forcibly removed First Nations, Métis and Inuit children from their families and sent

them for re-education in these residential schools,

which were run by religious organizations.

The goal was to break their link to their indigenous culture and identity and replace it with Western culture.

Over 150,000 children were taken from their families, and severe cases of physical, emotional and sexual abuse are well documented among the overwhelming majority of children.

Many families never saw or heard from their children again, and it's been estimated that over 6,000 children died while in residential schools,

but there's no way to know for sure.

But just a few weeks ago, shocking proof was uncovered.

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