This is a test of concept site about Canada’s Indian Residential Schools
This section focus is on general knowledge about residential schools
The below chat type GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) type question allows a user to ask FACT oriented questions about Indian Residential Schools in Canada.
click or tap on the ? in the green cigar (pop up place to ask question displays)
In a recent exchange Angus Reid suggested that he would like to see a university course in Indigenous Studies. That gave me the idea of creating a chatGPT or Grok like structured knowledge base specializing in Indian Residential School knowledge base that would enable “normal” people to ask questions about Residential Schools and get instant answers with sources if they wanted to Learn More. At this point in time we have more than 800 pages of indexed Residential School information (News releases, articles, PHD thesis, official sites…)
People can ask the identical questions to ChatGPT, Grok, and irsGPT (this knowledge base). The answers to the same question will be different but will have a similar core responses in varying degrees of details. irsGPT is designed to be short answers but focused.
We are now ready to test. The ultimate strategy would be to host the “Ask your questions” on a Residential School website like below. Then to try to educate people based on their own learning where they can ask questions and receive answers about Indian Residential Schools. This process would allow them to learn without being afraid of the “industry” or “press” mocking them.
The strategy would be to use social media advertising with emotional triggers and encourage people to ‘click here to ask the widget(bot) irsGPT (similar to chatGPT but not as comprehensive) structured knowledge base questions about Indian Residential Schools in Canada. The responses would be simple and hopefully that would help people to learn facts about the history of Residential Schools. Because the response is GPT generated it will, hopefully, be accepted by more people because there is not a human speaking. Calling computer software a Residential School Denier would have little credibility?
Ultimate objective is to get as many Canadians as possible to visit the yet to be created website and encourage people to learn at their own pace about Residential Schools FACTS. The truth includes ugly aspects of residential schools and the truth abut how some people currently believe that children were killed and buried in unmarked graves in Residential Schools. Especially the high profile Kamloops release “reported yesterday the location of 215 children buried on the property of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The long horrific legacy of the residential schools system …”…
You are encouraged to ask clarifying questions after you get the initial response to your question. You can also click on one of the suggested / sample questions to get you started and comfortable.
The cigar shape area below will cover the list of possible questions. Move the screen up to be able to read more of the questions if you want/need to.
Enter your question below and see responses. For best understanding ask follow up clarifying questions because GPT then assumes prior questions context.
(OK to copy paste the sample questions below)
Here is a list of possible questions you may want to type into the green cigar and ask
(this list needs to be edited before going public.)
Were children abused at residential schools?
Were children forced to attend residential schools?
How many children were killed at residential schools?
How many children died while attending residential schools?
How many bodies have been found in unmarked graves?
Are there specific examples of children that had a positive experience at school?
Please give me some specific examples of children that were abused or mistreated at school?
Currently, In all of Canada, have any remains of children been found on school property (graveyard)?
This is the start of the list and during the review phase this list can be revised.
Did Helen Betty Osborne die at a residential school?
How many children died in residential schools?
Did 4000 children die in residential schools?
Has the University of Manitoba fulfilled its obligation to make the TRC records available to the public?
Did the Department of Indian Affairs record residential school deaths?
Were Metis children forced to attend residential schools?
Did Duncan Campbell Scott say the purpose of residential schools was to kill the Indian in the Child?
Was the residential school system designed to kill the Indian in the child?
Were seven generations of Indian children forced to attend residential schools?
Was attendance at residential schools compulsory?
Were there waiting lists for residential schools?
Did residential schools provide poor quality education?
Can the problems Indian communities experience today be attributed to residential schools?