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.
Expands on a previously published research brief.
Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
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.
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 2, February 2009, p. 1,3
Description
Overview of a creative discussion guide, prepared by writers from Anglican, United and Presbyterian churches, that can be used to explore the issue of forced assimilation of First Nations through residential schools.
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.
The Last Word: After the Residential School Apology: Why All Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, p. 89
Description
Looks at the insufficient government funding for statutory child welfare services.
First Nation Citizenship Research & Policy Series: Building Towards Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Focuses on First Nations perspectives on meaning of being Indigenous, belonging to a community, and relationship of these memberships with the institutions of the Canadian state.
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.
Compares the situation in Australia, Canada and the United States, as well the differing approaches to the high rate of Aboriginal incarceration and recidivism.
Overview and guide to aid in developing a meaningful Aboriginal consultation processes for distinct Aboriginal peoples in Canada, one that would accommodate Aboriginal rights.
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 2, February 2009, p. 3
Description
Comments on implementation delays to the First Nations Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and describes how the delays effect former students who are frail and elderly.
[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.