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Historian Ian Mosby discovered that many people in these places were forced into “nutrition experiments” that deliberately malnourished participants. Two 19th-century reports by Charles Bagot and Nicholas Davin advocated for creating these places. Ryerson University was renamed to one city’s “Metropolitan (-5[1])University” because of Egerton Ryerson’s role in establishing these places. (-5[1])In 2022, Sarah (10[1])Beaulieu reported that the site of one of these specific places in Kamloops possibly contained up to 200 (10[2]-5[1])unmarked graves. (10[2])A 2015 report published by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (10[1])concluded (10[1])that these institutions constituted cultural (10[1])genocide. For 10 points, name these educational institutions that forcibly assimilated First Nations children in Canada. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Indian residential schools [or Indian boarding schools; accept “First Nations” or “Native American” or “Indigenous” or “Aboriginal” in place of “Indian”; prompt on Indian schools]
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Kevin ZhengYale CMIT A40-5
Graham CloseBoston University ABowdoin B50-5
Francis PowellTufts BCarabrandeis5310
Derek FinoClark AAmherst A7110
William OrrYale ABrown A71-5
Max NealHarvard ATufts A7110
Jonathan SchnipperA Brandeis SupremeYale B7310
Max WoodBrandeises BrewNortheastern A7310
ChrisDiamond BrandeisWilliams A8510
Yrwin BatanMIT AYale C8610
Cindy ZhouBU BBowdoin A9110
Emmet ThomsenBrown AYale A10710
Graham LucasBowdoin BBoston University A10810