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"Nothing Controversial" in Grave Error - My chat with Richard Syrett of Sauga960am @RichardSyrett @Sauga960am

https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/stirling-nothing-controversial-in-grave-error-indigenous-psychologist/54783 I was happy to chat with Richard Syrett of Sauga96am about a recent article of mine that was published in the Western Standard. The article discussed an interview between Frances Widdowson and Indigenous psychologist Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson (scroll down for full interview).…

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Settler Historians Need More Education, Less Ideology: Rebutting Sean Carleton on Senator Lynn Beyak and Indian Residential Schools

By Michelle Stirling ©2023 Image licensed from Adobe Stock. Have I been “Beyak-ed?” Someone has tried to cancel the publication of this paper which rebuts claims made by Sean Carleton of the University of Manitoba, about a paper that he did about Senator Lynn Beyak’s efforts to have people recognize the enormous good that Indian Residential Schools provided for thousands of children. Yes. Some…

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Rational Dissent and Informed Consent Meet Cancel Culture over Climate

By Michelle Stirling ©2023 This is an independent work. I am not an academic, but from time to time I enjoy writing papers that are critical of various academic papers, simply as an exercise in critical thinking for myself.  I generally focus on debunking the alleged 97% ‘consensus’ and I post them to some pre-print sites to see if other people share or reject my findings.  I find the…

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Confronting Indian Residential School Confabulation and Media Irresponsibility

Responding to Gerbrandt and Carleton’s “Debunking the Mass Grave Hoax” by Michelle Stirling ©2023 Canada is in the grip of a ‘mass grave/missing children’ psychosis related to Indian Residential Schools.  The ‘shock and awe’ media campaign that accompanied the statements by the Kamloops First Nation in May of 2021 claiming that clandestinely buried children’s bodies or remains had been found in…

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Canadian Government is Funding its Own Indian Residential School Genocide Claim

By Michelle Stirling ©2023 Most governments, at least those of the West, abhor genocide – a heinous crime described by the UN Geneva Convention as:  The definition contained in Article II of the Convention describes genocide as a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. It does not include political groups or so called…

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Stones. A Blackfoot Legend for Healing and Reconciliation.

https://youtu.be/7FswF3_v440 Transcript: Hello, my name is Michelle Stirling. I am very concerned right now about the situation in Canada, regarding the claims of genocide and the search for unmarked graves and missing children.  I’m very sad that the international media has picked up the story and is calling it a hoax. Because I think a lot of people are really hurting. I think that a lot…

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Ambiguous Losses: Epidemics, Orphans and Unmarked Graves

by Michelle Stirling © 2023 In the early 1980’s, I spent several years working on a series of historical documentaries for CTV Calgary.  My research supervisor was Dr. Hugh Dempsey, then curator of the Glenbow Museum.  The project meant our tiny production crew had to drive all over Southern Alberta to interview hundreds of people – pioneers, historians, and descendants of those who signed…

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Missing Relatives in Unmarked Graves

By Michelle Stirling ©2023 A response to Tanya Talaga’s “Finding Annie” in the Globe and Mail When I was in high school, we were given a take home assignment to write about a great man in Canadian history. Sir John A. Macdonald had already been taken, as had other well-known shapers of Canada. So, I bounced the assignment theme off my dad, who was a graduate of Rye Grammar School in England, a…

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Dangerous Dreams: What Climate Ideologues Get Wrong on Agriculture and Energy

by Michelle Stirling © 2023 Many thanks to Alberta Prosperity Project for inviting me to share these facts with some of their members. Feel free to peruse the power point to go to the links. Additional links to Albrecht Glatzle’s work are posted below. For my fellow Albertans and Canadians, here is the global warming contribution we have made in the past hundred years. Hardly worth destroying…

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Models vs Reality: COVID - Climate Disastrous Public Policies. FreedomTalk April 2022

Models vs Reality: COVID – Climate Disastrous Public Policies. FreedomTalk April 2022

I was pleased to present at FreedomTalk in the spring of 2022. Many people have noticed the curious overlap of various aspects of both COVID and climate ideology and propaganda. I looked at the problems of using ‘models’ (sophisticated mathematical computer simulations) for both. I promised to post the power point so that people could review the links. My presentation starts about 1:22:00 after…

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#NetZero + #healthcare = MAiD4You

#NetZero + #healthcare = MAiD4You

In 2017, my brother Glenn Stirling chose MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying/euthanasia) to end his life. He was suffering from a ‘spontaneous’ incurable condition known as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), an aggressive cousin of Parkinson’s. At the time, MAiD approval conditions were very strict. Likewise, a person’s medical doctor could refuse to offer or condone MAiD. However, my brother…

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Look Manifesto

The “LEAP Manifesto” has gained some popular currency. Authored by various intellectuals, activists and artists it calls for sweeping and rapid changes to Canada, including a 100% renewable grid - and that these changes be enacted and financed by government “now”. https://leapmanifesto.org/en/theleap-manifesto/  We see this as dangerous ideology over evidence and offer this counter manifesto.

1. We start from the premise that Canada is a great country facing a world in crisis – no matter what our past sorrows or successes, only by working together as one people, can we heal wounds and face the challenges ahead.

2. Thanks to our industrious and inventive people, we survive in this extreme climate in comfort – we feed the world  with farm goods, house the world with our lumber and minerals, power the world with our oil, gas and coal, enhance the world with our hi-tech, aerospace, geosciences and bio-tech innovations, and so we can afford to be the third most generous, charitable nation in the world. As well, we welcome Foreign Workers whose earnings send some $24 billion dollars back home annually, directly to family members who need this help. Little or none of it is lost in the pockets of corrupt intermediaries.

3. We honor and respect our scientists, engineers, policy-makers and monitoring agencies who, together have steadily reduced Canada’s noxious emissions and set high standards for environmental quality in air, land and water.  We have a vast, modern, industrialized nation. We are distant from world markets and feature a sparse population, widely spread out, meaning transportation emissions are a given – yet, per capita GDP, our GHG emissions are less than those of the tiny Pacific Islands. To have a healthy environment and support the vulnerable, we need a strong economy.

4. Some people claim we could live in a country fueled 100% by renewables, they say that we should ‘leap’ into that.  We say to them – look before you LEAP. Take the advice of power generation engineers and experts, Think common sense. “If it sounds too good to be true, it is.”  

5. Canada is the country most nations would love to be  We do have current and historic challenges. However, through thoughtful policy, born out of respectful dialogue and careful consideration of public concern, and by applying the evidence-based Scientific Method, we will address and resolve these one by one.

6. All countries have sovereign equality under the UN Charter (Article 2.1)—we should guard our own rights carefully; the UN is not accountable to us or elected by us. The UN is an external body made up of a majority countries that do not share our democratic, economic or social-cultural values.  

7. Canada is rich in resources, making us a target in international trade wars, often fronted or disguised as environmental issues (not applied anywhere else!)

8. Careful assessment in advance can reduce or eliminate unpleasant or disastrous unintended consequences. Take time to do things right the first time.

9. Climate change science is filled with uncertainties that are reported by the IPCC. Environmental groups and news media hype a catastrophic scenario, not supported by the evidence. Climate change is a largely natural process that is affected by humans. Carbon dioxide is a nominal factor in warming; it is necessary for life itself. Pollution and poverty are more important issues to address.

10. Look at the evidence over the ideology.  Haste makes waste. Look before you leap.

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