Hollow Water
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bonnie Dickie
Tina Mason
Description
Looks at how the Ojibway community of Hollow Water deals with an epidemic of sexual abuse.
Duration 48:30.
"Honouring and Caring for Aboriginal People and Communities in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS": Healing Our Spirit BC First Nations AIDS Society - Providing Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support Services for Aboriginal Peoples in British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Namaste Marsden
Ken Clement
David Schneider
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues Within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 127-141
Description
Discusses barriers to holistic healing of epidemic: sexual abuse, homophobia, shame, lack of housing, lack of education, alcohol and drug use.
Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Alternate Title
[Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report]
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Description
Summary report contains 94 recommendations.
Hope and Healing: The Legacy of the Indian Residential School System
E-Books
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
"Hope for Change--Change Can Happen": Healing the Wounds of Family Violence with Indigenous Traditional Holistic Practices
Theses
Author/Creator
Donna Michele Lester-Smith
Description
Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.
The Horrors of St. Anne's
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jorge Barrera
Description
Information taken from Ontario Provincial Police files compiled during an investigation into abuses committed at the school between 1941 and 1972.
How Can Community-University Engagement Address Family Violence Prevention? One Child at a Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda DeRiviere
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 3-28
Description
Case study of four community-university engagement initiatives; documents the policy development used to engage children youth and their families in community development programs aimed at reducing family violence by increasing graduation from secondary and post-secondary education programs.
"How Do I Put That Away" [Part 2]
Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Description
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life.
Access Part 1.
Duration: 6:22.
How Do Light-Skinned Aboriginal Australians Experience Racism? Implications for Social work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bindi Bennett
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 180-192
Description
Looks at cultural identity and the social and psychological consequences of racism.
Human Rights Report to Non-Governmental Organizations: Redress for Cultural Genocide: Canadian Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Argues that Canada's lack of support regarding First Nations issues, due to residential schools trauma, is simply a continuation of human rights violations.
Hunger, Human Experimentation and the Legacy of Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ian Mosby
Description
Presentation on the history of a series of nutrition experiments conducted on residential school students between 1948 and 1952.
Duration: 49:34.
Huron Calls on Lay People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bob Bettson
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 9, October 1999, p. [?]
Description
Discussion of various issues including the diocese being named in a lawsuit based on argument of cultural genocide due to its role in running the Mohawk Institute.
Huron Diocese Rejects Lobbying Campaign
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 7
Description
Bishop declines to participate in campaign aimed at federal government urging resolution of residential schools issue because wording implied diocese directly involved.
"I Have the Worst Fear of Teachers": Moments of Inclusion and Exclusion in Family/School Relationships Among Indigenous Families in Southern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Milne
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 53, no. 3, August 2016, pp. 270-289
Description
Paper examines ways in which class and race issues influence parent/teacher relationships through interviews with fifty Indigenous parents.
IAP Claimants More Than Double Than Expected Number
Alternate Title
Independent Assessment Process Claimants More Than Double Than Expected Number
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012, pp. 9-10
Description
Comments on the over 30,000 former residential school students who have submitted claims seeking compensation for physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
IAP Statistics
Alternate Title
Independent Assessment Process Statistics
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Description
Statistics for Independent Assessment Process for abuse claims by former residential school students. Lists claims received, resolved and in progress by province and territory, stage of progress, and total compensation paid. Includes links to historical data and charts.
Illustrating Racism: Challenging Canada's Racial Amnesia With Comics
Alternate Title
Review Essay: Illustrating Racism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Carleton
Histoire Sociale / Social History, vol. 46, no. 92, November 2013, pp. [509]-[522]
Description
Review essay of:
Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robertson and Scott B. Henderson.
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H. T. Wong.
The Klondike by Zach Worton.
Examines the merits of comics as historical depictions.
Immigration as Cultural Imperialism: An Indian Boarding School Experience or The Peer Gynt Suite and the Seventh Cavalry Cafe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Gannon
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 111-122
Description
Looks at the reminders of military brute force on the people of the Great Plains and the brainwashing of boarding school students.
The Impact of Canadian Residential Schools on the Inuit Who Attended Them
Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Anawak
Description
Describes life as a student at a residential school starting in 1959 and a reunion of students twenty-five years later.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Impact of Residential Schooling and of Child Abuse on Substance Use Problem in Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amélie Ross
Jacinthe Dion
Michael Cantinotti
Delphine Collin Vézina
Linda Paquette
Addictive Behaviors, vol. 51, December 2015, pp. 184-192
Description
Evaluates Indigenous people in Quebec for self-reported sexual and physical abuse that affects drug and alcohol abuse in adulthood.
The Impact of Sexual Abuse on Pregnancy
Alternate Title
Sexual Abuse Curriculum for Aboriginal Doula Training
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Fritzsche
Description
Training guide for Aboriginal doulas supporting women who have suffered childhood sexual abuse.
Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Alternate Title
Indian Residential Schools: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Presents the background to the Blackwater v. Plint case, which was about the harm done to children at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the implications of this decision for the United Church of Canada.
The Importance of Spiritual Experiences in First Nations Healing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daria Shewchuk
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 40-44
Description
Comments on the human ability to heal from profound trauma and the role that one's personal spiritual experiences can play in the healing.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
In a State of Metamorphosis: Artistic Responses in the Legacy of the Residential School Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Faye Marie Debassige
Description
Art and Visual Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2013.
In Jesus' Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Susan G. Enberg
Edmund Metatawabin
Description
In documentary survivors speak about the abuses that took place at the Fort Albany Residential School. Duration: 41:47.
In Their Own Words: Manitoba's Native Residential Schools Remembered
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Dalseg
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2003.
Independent Commission Can't Be a Cat's-paw
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, October 24, 2008, p. A11
Description
Examines the resignation of the chairperson on the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Indian Boarding School Daughters Coming Home: Survival Stories as Oral Histories of Native American Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Debbie Ann LaCroix
Description
Teacher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 1993.
The Indian Boarding School Era and Its Continuing Impact on Tribal Families and the Provision of Government Services
Alternate Title
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Indian Control Over Health Care Emerging Issue
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, September 11, 2009, p. A11
Description
Brief comments on the Medicine Chest Task Force, Phil Fontaine's life after politics, Colin Thatcher's book, and an Australian governments admission.
Indian Residential School Experience: B.C. First Nations Share Critical Incidents Along Their Personal Healing Journeys
Theses
Author/Creator
A. Harriet Palma
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, (Vancouver), 2013.
Indian Residential School Litigation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Looks at suits filed by residential school survivors against the Canadian government for loss of culture, spirituality and physical and sexual abuse.
Duration: 7:13.
Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanna Rice
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Truth Commissions, Spring, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Brief discussion of harms inflicted by residential schools, events leading to establishment of the Commission and explanation of its mandate.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Description
Website for organization responsible for out-of-court alternative dispute resolution process for claims of abuse suffered at residential schools.
Contains links to material for legal counsel and former students, statistics, publication, fact sheets, etc.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Ish
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury..
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report 2010
Alternate Title
Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at residential schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report: 2011: Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Ish
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report: 2012: Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Ish
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report: 2013: Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Shapiro
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report: 2014: Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Shapiro
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report: 2015: Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Shapiro
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat Annual Report: 2016: Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel Shapiro
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Indian Residential Schools and Aboriginal Criminality
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Milward
Description
Discusses how being raised in a unhealthy social environment and having cultural practices repressed contributed to Aboriginal criminality.
Duration: 6:35.
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada, 2007-2008: Department Performance Report
Documents & Presentations
Description
Report on progress made in fulfilling various terms of the Settlement Agreement.
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada: 2007-2008 Estimates: Report on Plans and Priorities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada
Description
Report provides information on program activities based on strategic outcomes that were established to expedite the terms of the Settlement Agreement.
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada: Performance Report for the Period Ending March 31, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Description
Report outlines progress made in fulfilling the department's mandate to implement the National Resolution Framework and expedite the Alternative Dispute Resolution process.
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement's Common Experience Payment and Healing: A Qualitative Study Exploring Impacts on Recipients
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gwen Reimer
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Has Been Approved
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Residential Schools Settlement
Description
Describes the settlement benefits and how to get them.