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The Canary Collective is an advocacy blog that documents and raises awareness about harms experienced by students within education systems. The name references the historical use of canaries in coal mines to detect dangerous conditions, symbolising how the experiences of vulnerable students can signal broader systemic problems. By collecting stories and data about school experiences, the initiative aims to highlight patterns that might otherwise remain invisible within institutional reporting systems.

The apology is probably not coming. It is worth saying plainly, before anything else, because so much of what keeps families suspended in the aftermath of institutional harm is the unspoken anticipation of it — the sense that healing cannot properly…