Culture, Theory and Critique, vol. 53, no. 2, Special Issue: The Crossroads of Memory, 2012, pp. 199-214
Description
Discusses national gathering held by the Commission in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Argues that survivors' testimonies served as much to repair the family ties, which residential schools had destroyed, as to alleviate suffering of victims or deal with the oppressor/oppressed relationship.
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
Description
Discusses the historic compensation package agreed to by the Canadian federal government and the lack of any similar actions by the governments of the other two countries.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 132, April 11, 2012, pp. 1-28
Description
Reviews policy papers, reports and self-governance agreements to show the present state of First-Nations rights to control education as well as forms of institutional arrangements and agreements for educational self-determination.
Speaks about ways to begin conversation: obligation to know the history; open your eyes to current realities linked to the past; be respectful allies.
Duration: 53:54.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 67-73
Description
Brief introduction to the articles in section of volume which discuss the experiences of residential school survivors, the challenges of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the politics of reconciliation.
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Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 53-74
Description
Suggests residential school survivor stories should be model for understanding the living legacy of schools rather than government's attitude of putting past experiences behind us.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 427-461
Description
Looks at the governments attempt to create a one-size-fits-all category of societal Canadian citizenship, and reveals the extent to which First Nations peoples and immigrants were expected to conform to Canadian values and standards.
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 81-97
Description
Looks at how Aboriginal groups experienced assimilation in different ways and discusses the separation between cultural and physical forms of destruction.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Researcher relates oral histories about members of the Peepeekisis Reserve concerning the experimental agricultural farm that was established to continue the work of the residential schools and to keep students from returning to their "uncivilized" ways.
Film about the Canadian government's residential school system as experienced by two children, their stories and the lasting after-effects.
WARNING: Contains disturbing content.
Duration: 83:05.
Accompanying Facilitators Guide.
To accompany We Were Children, a film about the damage caused by the residential school system in Canada.
Designed to support delivery of a four-hour workshop and Power Point presentation.