Emily Russell
Emily Russell is an independent producer who works in northern New York and Canada. She started in radio in Alaska, where she reported for KNOM in Nome, KCAW in Sitka, and KSKA in Anchorage. Her work has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition, Weekend Edition and WBUR’s Here & Now.
This founding father’s legacy is darker than some Canadians care to remember
Sir John A. Macdonald is as close to a founding father as Canada has and monuments in his memory are sprinkled across the country. But now Macdonald is being remembered for a crueler aspect of his legacy: the infamous residential school system.