Reconciliation & Collaboration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Emily Snyder
Ethics Forum, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 36-48
Description
Focuses on how the TRC will encourage reconciliation by reaching out to Canadians through the use of engagement and public education.
The External Researcher in Participatory Action Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geraldine Dickson
Kathryn L. Green
Educational Action Research, vol. 9, no. 2, 2001, pp. 243-260
Description
Discusses the role of a external researcher wanting to use participatory research in an Indigenous community.
Federal Sexual Crimes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Hagen
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 189-208
Description
Describes Chapter 109A of the US federal criminal code regarding sexual crimes and the need for tribal sexual violence guidelines created with cooperation between tribal and legal authorities.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 189.
First Nations Data Governance, Privacy, and the Importance of the OCAP® Principles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham Mecredy
Roseanne Sutherland
Carmen Jones
International Journal of Population Data Science, vol. 3, no. 4, Conference Proceedings for International Population Data Linkage Conference 2018 , 2018, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the creation of the OCAP prinicples to help researchers appropriately collect data collaboratively with Indigenous communities.
Five Aboriginal Mothers' Views on the Role of Parents in Secondary School Improvement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Stelmach
EAF Journal: Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations , vol. 19, no. 2, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Using the perceptions of Indigenous mothers to discuss the best approaches for Indigenous children's success in education and the role that parents and educators can play in that success.
A Framework for Building Research Partnerships with First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lalita Bharadwaj
Environmental Health Insights, vol. 8, 2014, pp. 15-25
Description
An overview of the guidelines that researchers need to follow in order to collaborate with Indigenous groups for academic research.
From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors: A Guide for Grades 9 and 11 Social Studies Teachers in Manitoba
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sharon Conway
From Bartolomé de las Casas to President Clinton: Apologies, Reconciliation, and Reparation in Guatemala
Alternate Title
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium on Reconciliation ; pt.6]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Victor Montejo
Description
Speaker discusses the genocide of Mayan people committed by military forces during the thirty-year civil war and efforts to engage in a process of reparations and reconciliation.
Duration: 21:12.
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely
Alternate Title
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely: Report on the Reconciliation Process Between the Federal Government and the Native Hawaiians
Documents & Presentations
Description
Contains report and plan of action needed to continue the reconciliation process and urges the Federal Government to use the process to rectify injustices and compensation for harm.
Government Responses to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement in Canada: Implications for Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradford W Morse
Australian Indigenous Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2008, pp. 41-59
Description
Gives overview of the events leading to the Settlement Agreement including: history of the system, criminal, civil, and class action cases, the Official Apology, Settlement Agreement and the establishment of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As well, discusses lessons that may be learned when considering a resolution with Australia's Aborigine population.
Guide to Relationships and Learning with the Indigenous Peoples of Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
College of Alberta School Superintendents
Description
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.
Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies
Alternate Title
SAGE Research Methods
E-Books
Author/Creator
Beth Blue Swadener
Kagendo Mutua
Gaile S.Cannella
Kathryn D.Manuelito
Gloria Ladson-Billings ... Marie Battiste ... [et al.]
"Healing on Both Sides": Strengthening the Effectiveness of Prison–Indigenous Community Partnerships Through Reciprocity and Investment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Varcoe
Helen Brown
Kelsey Timler
Melissa Taylor
Elizabeth Straus
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Peoples, 2020, pp. 1-26
Description
Examines the participation of inmates in the Work 2 Give program, were the inmates made items for Indigenous communities, and how participation in the program helped with the inmates healing process.
The Holocaust of First Nations People: Residual Effects on Parenting and Treatment Implications
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Morrissette
Contemporary Family Therapy, vol. 16, no. 5, March, 1994, pp. 381-392
Description
Discussion on the loss of parenting skills due to residential school experiences, and clinical interventions aimed at healing and reconciliation.
Honouring Water: The Mistawasis Nêhiyawak Water Governance Framework
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria F. Mora
Anthony B. D. Johnston
Michelle Watson
Lalita Bharadwaj
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2022
Description
Examines a collaborative water governance framework to improve Indigenous participation into water governance that reflects their own cultural beliefs.
Identifying Useful Approaches to the Governance of Indigenous Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi Bruhn
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Examines initiatives from Canada, United States and Australia regarding Indigenous data governance.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 1
Alternate Title
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Learning Resources for Senior Secondary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Three components: setting the stage for inquiry, relationship of 150 years, and research projects.
Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
Access Book Two.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Four components: purpose of schools, assaults and their legacy, resistance and change, and action of reconciliation.
Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-racism Learning
Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
Description
Brief list of articles, reports, webinars, and books.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy
Alternate Title
Routledge Studies in Indigenous Peoples and Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maggie Walter
Stephanie Russo Carroll
Tahu Kukutai
Donna Cormack
Raymond Lovett ... [et al.]
Indigenous Geographies: Research as Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Erik Mandawe
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
Indigenous Health Research and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, pp. E930-E931
Description
Author discusses the role that healthcare and health research can play in reconciliation. Stresses the need to attend to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’ Calls to Action and to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to participate in disrupting systems of whiteness and colonial violence, and building explicitly antiracist systems of care.
Indigenous Knowledge: Multiple Approaches
Alternate Title
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Indigenous Knowledge: Multiple Approaches
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Priscilla Steele
Counterpoints, vol. 379, 2011, pp. 434-450
Description
The author uses her own personal experiences to argues for an inclusion of Indigenous knowledge into the educational experience.
Indigenous Methodologies and Educational Research for Meaningful Change: Parsing Postpositivist Philosophy of Science and Mixed Methods in Collaborative Research Settings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Troy A. Richardson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 33-62
Description
Examines the integration of Indigenous worldviews into collecting research from Indigenous groups that will help grow their Indigenous self-determination.
Indigenous Pedagogy on Childhood: A Consultation with the Two Anishinabeg Communities of Long Point First Nation and Rapid Lake, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carly Heck
Satya Cobos
Franco Carnevale
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Priscilla Pichette Polson
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 18, no. 1, Emerging Research from a Post-Pandemic World, 2023
Description
A study on the education and engagement of Indigenous children to be used to build healthy relationships with professionals that can support reconciliation.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Truth and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Truth and Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Insights from a Jordan’s Principle Child First Initiative in Alberta: Implications for Advancing Health Equity for First Nations Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Gerlach
Meghan Sangster
Vandna Sinha
First Nations Health Consortium
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 21-33
Description
Examines the implementation of Canada's Child First Initiative and some of the challenges that it faced.
The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Therese Bjärstig
Vigdis Nygaard
Jan Åge Riseth
Camilla Sandström
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, 2020, pp. 1-24
Description
Examines the integration of the Indigenous Sami's interest with the interests of the Nordic governments through the Municipal Comprehensive Planning.
Intent For a Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Len Findlay
English Studies in Canada, vol. 30, no. 2, 2004, pp. 39-48
Description
Discusses the Indigenizing of academia through cross cultural interactions and engagement.
Intuition and Animism as Bridging Concepts to Indigenous Knowledges in Environmental Decision-Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. J. Barrett
Brad Wuetherick
Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Signature Pedagogies, 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Examines the need for multiple knowledge perspectives and collaborations to enable healthy human and nature relationships.
Joining the Circle: Guide for Educators
E-Books
Author/Creator
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF)
Description
Accompanying material:
Jordan's Principle : Subversive or Subjugation
Theses
Author/Creator
Raymond Cauchi
Description
Social Work Major Paper (MSW) -- University of Fraser Valley, 2022.
A Journey of Doing Research “In a Good Way”: Partnership, Ceremony, and Reflections Contributing to the Care and Wellbeing of Indigenous Women Living with HIV in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doris Peltier
Carrie Martin
Renée Masching
Mike Standup
Claudette Cardinal ...
Carrie Bourassa ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, 2020, pp. 1-19
Description
Looks at the importance of building relationships when conducting research with Indigenous women living with HIV.
Land-based Healing Through Adventure: Wise Practices from Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simon Priest
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 17, no. 2, 2022, pp. 3-16
Description
Examines the combining of adventure, culture and, land as tools for healing Indigenous trauma across the world.
"The Legacy Will Be the Change": Reconciling How We Live with and Relate to Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay Day
Ashlee Cunsolo
Heather Castleden
Alex Sawatzky
Debbie Martin ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Peoples, 2020, pp. 1-23
Description
Looks at the Indigenous approach towards water knowledge and how this approach can be used in collaboration with Western knowledge systems for water policy making and research.
Metadata as Data: Exploring Ethical Metadata Sharing and Access for Indigenous Resources Through OCAP Principles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Farnel
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS, pp. 1-9
Description
Examines OCAP as means of engagement between Indigenous communities and metadata researchers regarding data collection and sharing.
Module 1: Primer on Touchstones for Leadership
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles.This module discusses the goals and hopes of the reconciliation movement to re-develop community-developed visions of healthy children and families.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module III: West (Transformations) — Focusing on the Self-Determination Touchstones
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module focuses on initiative aimed to build on collaboration among the child welfare system and Aboriginal communities in the context of traditional Aboriginal worldviews to reconciliation and healing.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module IV: North (Inward Reflections) — Focusing on the Non Discrimination Touchstone
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores the process and goals for reconciliation against racial discrimination as they apply to child welfare.
Materials presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module lI: South (Beginnings) -- Focusing on the Culture, Language and Holism Touchstones
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores worldview approaches that reflect and reinforce the intrinsic and distinct aspects of Aboriginal cultures, customs and languages.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module V: East (Wisdom) — Focusing on the Structural Interventions Touchstone
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores proactive strategies to identify and address systemic and structural barriers that impact the well-being of Indigenous children, families and communities.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
More Than Words: Outlining Preconditions to Collaboration Among First Nations, the Federal Government, and the Provincial Government
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Lachance
Teresa Rose
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, 2020, pp. 1-24
Description
Looks at the work towards creating a more collaborative relationship between the different levels of government and its Indigenous populations. In particular the articles focuses on the precondition phase of the collaboration process.
Moving From Regret to Substantive Change: Reconciliation in Indigenous Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Vogt
Description
Describes environmental scan undertaken to develop programing to bring public awareness to Indigenous education by examining barriers, success factors and engagement and responsibility for reconciliation.
Moving Toward Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Auger
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 31-45
Description
Describes the Touchstones of Hope reconciliation movement in Canada.
Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Schools and Early Learning: Factors Associated with Developing a Reconciliation Action Plan
Alternate Title
[Narragunnawali Research Report ; no.1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Analyzes characteristics of institutions that have engaged with Reconciliation Australia's program in order to identify where additional attention could be focused to enhance participation rates.
Native American Languages Summit 2014: Self-Determination as a Strategy for Language Revitalization and Maintenance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeston Morris
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 125-144
Description
Examines presentations and panels discussing how the US government and Indigenous groups are working for the preservation of Indigenous languages.
Ne-Iikaanigaana Toolkit 'All Our Relations': Guidance For Creating Safer Environments For Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC)
Description
Discusses strategies health care organizations can employ in areas of community, education, relationships, Indigenous partnership, wholistic continuum of care, self-determination and culture in order to create a inclusive environment for Indigenous patients.
New Discourses on Energy Transition as an Opportunity for Reconciliation? Analyzing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communications in Media and Policy Documents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carelle Mang-Benza
Jamie Baxter
Romayne Smith Fullerton
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 2021, pp. 1-27
Description
Examines the levels of inclusion and exclusion of Indigenous voices in regards to energy issues in Canada.
No More Stolen Sisters: Campaign Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Extensive list of learning resources including reports books, films, podcasts, websites and Facebook pages, followed by suggestions for networking and connecting with grassroots activists.