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1. www.straight.com › news › john-furlong-biographyJohn Furlong biography omits secret past in Burns Lake

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   Sep 26, 2012 · For some of his former students, seeing Furlong oversee the Olympics brought frightening memories as well as shock over how he kept his past secret—and even more surprise that Olympic ...

2. www.nationalobserver.com › 2015/11/26 › opinionWaiting to be heard: claimants versus John Furlong

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   Nov 26, 2015 · On September 26, 2012, the Georgia Straight published her article, "John Furlong Biography Omits Secret Past in Burns Lake"—featuring allegations of psychological and physical abuse (only) against Furlong. On November 27, 2012, Furlong sued Robinson for defamation (Furlong v. Robinson).

3. thetyee.ca › News › 2021/08/06John Furlong’s Accusers Finally Will Get a Hearing - The Tyee

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   Aug 6, 2021 · The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has announced tentative dates for an inquiry into the RCMP’s handling of abuse allegations by Indigenous day school survivors against former Vancouver Olympics...

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5. www.straight.com › news › full-text-john-furlongsFull text of John Furlong's statement regarding Georgia ...

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   Sep 27, 2012 · John Furlong issued the following statement today (September 27) to the media in response to allegations in the Georgia Straight's article, John Furlong biography omits secret past in Burns...

6. nationalpost.com › opinion › terry-glavin-theTerry Glavin: The allegations against John Furlong have ...

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   Mar 1, 2017 · But the facts show that Furlong did not keep his time in Burns Lake a secret. In 1976, while he was the city recreation director in Prince George, he talked about his time in...

7. macleans.ca › news › canadaThe woman behind an Olympic war - Macleans.ca

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   Feb 16, 2013 · The tip from a native artist she met by chance in Vancouver’s Robson Square in the fall of 2009, suggesting John Furlong, the high-profile head of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, had a secret...

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   Did John Furlong have a secret past?

   • At first, Laura Robinson didn’t believe it. The tip from a native artist she met by chance in Vancouver’s Robson Square in the fall of 2009, suggesting John Furlong, the high-profile head of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, had a secret past as a teacher at Indian residential schools in British Columbia, just seemed too much of a stretch.

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   Who is John Furlong?

   • It was here that 18-year-old Furlong, fresh out of Dublin’s St. Vincent’s Christian Brothers Secondary School, with no formal training as a teacher and no university behind him, ran physical-education classes. But if his goal was to persuade First Nations children of the virtues of Catholicism, he chose, say former students, a brutal way to do it.

   John Furlong biography omits secret past in Burns Lake

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   Why did John Furlong withdraw a defamation suit?

   • John Furlong responded to a 2012 article containing allegations of abuse with a defamation suit. He withdrew it after an RCMP investigation produced no charges and suits by former students were dismissed or dropped. Photo by Darryl Dyck via the Canadian Press.

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   Did Canada really think about furlong's new memoir 'Patriot Hearts'?

   • It wasn’t until a year after the conclusion of Furlong’s big show—a dazzling home Games where Canada captured 26 medals, including 14 golds, and the entire country celebrated—when she even really thought of it again. The Anishinabek News, a paper serving 39 Ontario First Nations, had asked Robinson to review Furlong’s new memoir, Patriot Hearts.

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   What are furlong's values?

   • Inside his book’s inside dust jacket, Furlong is described as “a born storyteller”. And in his addresses as a motivational speaker, he likes to give “lessons” for life. He lists the following values as essential: respect, accountability and inclusion, trust, integrity, honesty, fairness, and compassion.

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9. nationalpost.com › news › canadaTwo former students accuse head of Vancouver Olympics of ...

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   Jul 25, 2013 · The article, titled “John Furlong Biography Omits Secret Past in Burns Lake,” claimed that he had inflicted physical and verbal abuse upon a number of aboriginal students from 1969 to 1970.