Looks at a claim concerning the violation of the United Nations Genocide Convention in the Indian Residential Schools system, some of the effects of genocide on survivors and their families, and concludes by suggesting ways to move forward.
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Document defines the consultation framework including a brief background summary, definition of the issues that will be addressed and the questions that will be used as a starting point for discussion at the meeting November 5 and 6, 2013.
Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium of Reconciliation ; pt. 4]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
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Presentation by National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations focuses on the apology made to former residential school students and what it may mean for Canadian society.
Duration: 26:08.
Comments on the Australian governments apology to the more than 50,000 Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and the lack of an apology from the Canadian and American governments.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 28, no. 3, 1993, pp. 491-493
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Book review of: Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia by Isabelle Knockwood.
Surveys "non-Aboriginal public knowledge and attitudes about Aboriginal peoples". Report shows eighty-four percent of Canadians surveyed want to be part of reconciliation process with Indigenous people and thirty percent of young people between the ages of 18-29 feel they have an individual part to play.
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
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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.
Author speaks about the re-release of his book, discusses Canada's treatment of Aboriginals, and questions the validity of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's mandate.
Duration: 46:02.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 215-229
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Book review of: The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada by Roland Chrisjohn, Sherri Young, Michael Maraun.
Book review found by scrolling to page 226.
Book review of: Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia by Isabelle Knockwood, with Gillian Thomas.
Book reviews of:
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by A. J. Woolford, J. Benvenuto and Al. L. Hinton.
This Benevolent Experiment: Indigenous Boarding Schools Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States by Andrew Woolford.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 175.
Social Semiotics, vol. 15, no. 1, Charged Crossings: Cultural Studies of Law, April 2005, pp. 59-80
Description
Discusses how past colonial laws have harmed Aboriginal peoples and offers alternative forms of justice to redress the effects of those policies and practices.
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Journal of Progressive Human Services, vol. 23, no. 2, 2012, pp. 127-158
Description
Looks at institutional practices, such a physical restraints, behaviour modification and life-skills training, and questions if they serve the purpose to which they are designed.
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cat Criger
Mayo Moran
Phil Fontaine
Description
Session One from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Includes prayer and opening remarks and discussion on settlement negotiations.
Duration: 1:54:14.
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.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Conference Issue, 2008, pp. 59-90
Description
Focuses on the history of the State/Church relationship in terms of the administration of Canadian schools and the reparations for survivors. Compares the Australian experience.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59.
Paper presented at "ACSANZ (Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand) 08".
Argues that the alternate dispute resolution (ADR) process relies too heavily on tort law without incorporating Aboriginal perspectives, has been arrived at without agreement or census of those affected, and may lead to re-victimization.
Based on presentation at Residential Schools Legacy: Is Reconciliation Possible? conference.