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Tyler Johnston-Kent
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I Built a Public Archive to Document Institutional Exclusion in Canadian Game Education"

In early 2025, I applied to a Game Development program at Red River College Polytech through a promotional reconciliation campaign aimed at Indigenous applicants. What followed was a deeply concerning series of institutional failures, silent exclusions, and the eventual banning of my access to campus—despite no violations of law or policy.

I decided to document the entire experience in a permanent, evidence-based timeline:

👉 https://redrivercollegegamedevelopmentscandal.ca

The site is a clean, static framework built with modular HTML, strict CSP headers, and zero backend dependencies. Each section covers a key moment: from Discord-based faculty surveillance to the cancellation of a reconciliation meeting with the Indigenous Dean — replaced instead by a barring letter.

For anyone building public accountability into web systems: static HTML might seem archaic, but it’s one of the only ways to make sure your work can’t be quietly deleted, throttled, or rewritten.

The full breakdown includes:

  • Timeline with verifiable dates
  • Archival snapshots
  • Staff behavior logs
  • Human rights complaint summary

Everything is mobile-friendly, uses hash-based routing, and is stored across redundant CDNs. All built without React or Node. Just HTML, CSS, and my own JS framework.


If you're an Indigenous student in Canada—or just someone who’s been mistreated by post-secondary institutions—this is proof that it’s possible to take back the narrative. Permanently.

Feel free to fork the structure or contact me for guidance. We deserve transparency.



Tyler Johnston-Kent

Creator of Formant.ca

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