Featured Resources
Beyond the Orange Shirt Story by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E96.2 A253 .W24 2021Publication Date: 2021Beyond the Orange Shirt Story is a unique collection of truths that articulate the lives and experiences of some Residential School Survivors and their families.
Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Calls to Action by Publication Date: 2020Recognizing that reconciliation is not only an ultimate goal, but a decolonizing process of journeying in ways that embody everyday acts of resistance, resurgence, and solidarity, coupled with renewed commitments to justice, dialogue, and relationship-building, Pathways of Reconciliation helps readers find their way forward.
Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
- National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
A place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations. - Maamwi
The Maamwi Hub is inspired by the TRC 94 Calls to Action to ensure that the 24 Colleges of Ontario lead in the education of both staff and students on Indigenous history, culture, knowledge, and current Indigenous worldviews.
Resources
Arts of Engagement: Taking Aesthetic Action In and Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada by Publication Date: 2016eBook
Di-Bayn-di-zi-win (to Own Ourselves): Embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe Ways by Publication Date: 2022eBook
Did You See Us?: Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School by Publication Date: 2021eBook
The Mush Hole: Life at Two Indian Residential Schools by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E96.6.M65 .M87 1997Publication Date: 1997
A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E96.5 .M56 2017Publication Date: 2017
Reconciliation from an Indigenous Perspective: Weaving the Web of Life in the Aftermath of Residential Schools by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E96.5 .M48 2017Publication Date: 2017
Stolen Lives: the Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E78.C2 .S76 2015Publication Date: 2015
They Called Me Number One by Call Number: Fennell and IAHS STACKS E96.6.S45 2013Publication Date: 2013
Truth and Indignation: Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E96.5 .N54 2013Publication Date: 2013
Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E96.2 .T68 2018Publication Date: 2018
- Residential Schools
A selection of films by Indigenous filmmakers and allies about the tragic impact of residential schools in Canada. - Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
A video playlist from Curio. - In Jesus' Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School (Video Duration 41 minutes)
Documents the abuses suffered by the indigenous children at the notoriously violent St. Anne’s Residential School. - Truth & Reconciliation (Video Duration 31 minutes)
This film shines a light on to the cultural genocide that was perpetrated by the Canadian Government and churches towards Canada's Indigenous People.
- Indigenous Canada: University of AlbertaIndigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada.
- Legacy of Hope FoundationA national Indigenous charitable organization with the mandate to educate and create awareness and understanding about the Residential School System.
- National Day for Truth and ReconciliationLearn about and reflect on the ongoing legacy of Indian Residential School with information and resources from the Government of Ontario.
- Native Women's Association of CanadaNational Indigenous Organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people in Canada.
- On Canada Project: Settlers Take ActionNon-Indigenous folk who live in Canada benefit from the colonialism that happened here. That means we are all responsible for our personal role in reconciliation.
- Orange Shirt DaySeptember 30th has been declared Orange Shirt Day annually, in recognition of the harm the residential school system did to children's sense of self-esteem and well being, and as an affirmation of our commitment to ensure that everyone around us matters.
- Reconciliation CanadaReconciliation Canada is leading the way in engaging Canadians in dialogue and transformative experiences that revitalize the relationships among Indigenous peoples and all Canadians.
- Survivors SecretariatThe Survivors’ Secretariat was established in 2021 to organize and support efforts to uncover, document and share the truth about what happened at the Mohawk Institute during its 140+ years of operation.
- Truth and Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples Atlas of CanadaLearn about truth and reconciliation from an Indigenous perspective.
- Understanding the National Day for Truth and ReconciliationInformation and resources from the Government of Canada.
- Virtual Tour of the Former Mohawk Institute Residential SchoolThe virtual tour will guide you through the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, giving the history of the institution over its 140-year history. Viewers will get to see different rooms inside the school as well as hear interviews from five survivors.
- The Witness BlanketInspired by a woven blanket, the Witness Blanket is a large-scale work of art. It contains hundreds of items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures from across Canada.
- Woodland Cultural Centre: Upcoming EventsThe WCC serves to preserve, promote and strengthen Indigenous language, culture, art and history; bringing the story of the Hodinohsho:ni people of the Eastern Woodlands to life through innovative exhibitions and programs