Basic information on terminology, cultural diversity, history of First Nation peoples in Alberta, Alberta treaties and treaty relationships, legacy of residential schools, theTruth and Reconciliation Commission and respectful ways to interact with Elders.
CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, Review 2, December 2014, pp. 1-12
Description
Discusses document produced by the British Parliament in 1857 about the land, inhabitants and Hudson Bay activities between the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountains in order to see what lands should be ceded from HBC to Canada for settlement.
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples.
Duration: 1:11:22.
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Andrea Carmen
Description
Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 103-126
Description
Discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's position on residential schools, UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Canadian government's position.
Looks at Canadian government response towards inquiry, how public inquiry should be addressed and prevention of further disappearances.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2014.
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 15, no. 1, January 2018, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses the two calls for action for nursing education programs: a call to incorporate Indigenous knowledge and learning and a call to reduce health disparities.
Discusses similarities and differences between Canada's residential schools and the practice of fostering out Native American children to Mormon homes.
Looks at whether the residential school system was genocidal and suggests ways to move forward with reconciliation if it is recognized as such.
Chapter 14 from Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.
Examines colonization of Canada, historical trauma, the criminal justice system and community healing programs.
Duration: 37:21.
Related material: Discussion Guide.
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 27, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 213-223
Description
Looks at different evaluations of the idea of reconciliation that mask assimilation or governmental efforts to look good and why the real concept should not be abandoned.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
Aboriginal Concepts of Justice: Understanding Legal Concepts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Wendy Whitecloud
Eva McKay
Doris Young
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 3, 2014, p. 8
Description
Comments on the misunderstandings that arise from the translation of terms from one language to another.
Excerpts from Chapter 2 of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. Final Report by Paul Chartrand, Wendy Whitecloud, Eva McKay and Doris Young.
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 8.
Investigative report on the physical and mental abuse suffered by young male offenders, most of whom were Indigenous, at a northern Saskatchewan wilderness camp run by the Ranch Ehrlo organization during the 1970s. The wilderness experience was thought to address behavioural Issues.
Duration: 23:50.
Consolidated Literature Review: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research Team
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women]
Description
Includes initial list of 40 documents provided by Federal government as well as an additional 44 collected and summarized by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Native Women's Association of Canada Report Card: May 2017-March 2018
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Grades the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on fulfilling its obligations, outlines observations, and makes recommendations.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast speaks about issues surrounding the records including access to the records, five restrictions on the records, protocols, and the independent assessment process.
Duration: unknown.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 371-397
Description
Argues that prostitution has played a fundamental role in securing the necessary domination over Indigenous peoples and land in the making of the Canadian nation-state. Focuses on four examples: early settlement in British Columbia; the Indian Act; the Pass System; and Vancouver's missing women.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast presents an overview of the "Critical Conversations Series" and outlines some of the key features of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA)
Duration unknown.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Discusses ways to reconcile.
Duration: 27:04.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society.
Speaker discusses the "real" history of Canada including residential schools and the head tax.
Duration: 12:00.
Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce of the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives
Description
Survey topics: outreach programs and level of engagement with, and understanding of, regional communities; level of understanding and awareness of the work done by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; and institutional policies and procedures related to Indigenous information resources.