Rod Clifton

Rod Clifton is an emeritus professor at the University of Manitoba, and a graduate of the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. He has published half a dozen books and numerous research papers. As a young man, he worked for Indian Affairs on the Siksika (Blackfoot) First Nation, and was the senior boys’ supervisor in Stringer Hall, the Anglican residential hostel in Inuvik.

Book Review — The History that we share: Nanaimo Indian Band, Methodist Church of Canada, Coqualeetza Home and School by Robert Janning (BallBoy Press, 2023, xxxi, 318 pages).

This book presents many original historical documents from 1859 to 1890 that Robert Janning has selected and reprinted. Not surprisingly, these record…

Rod Clifton

October 14, 2025

They Would Call Me a “Denier”. Let Me Explain what I Believe about Residential Schools in Canada.

This article was originally published in C2C Journal. It has been republished with the author's permission. Over the last several years a new subspec…

Rod Clifton

July 31, 2024

Church leaders must rebut false residential school claims—not just repent

Church leaders must rebut false residential school claims—not just repent Rodney A. Clifton (Originally published in True North, February 1, 202…

Rod Clifton

February 14, 2024

There are no Indian Residential School “denialists”, so why criminalize them?

There are no Indian Residential School denialists, so why criminalize them? By Rod Clifton Originally published in the Western Standard, Decembe…

Rod Clifton

December 26, 2023

My Life in Two Indian Residential Schools

The past several months have seen a slowly developing re-assessment of the numerous claims concerning the discovery of unmarked (or even “mass”) grave…

Rod Clifton

August 21, 2023