Profiles past boarding school policies world-wide, discusses children's experiences, evaluates schools' success, and discusses current practises and ideologies.
Paedagogica Historica, vol. 45, no. 6, December 2009, pp. 757-772
Description
Discusses some contrasting educational policies and contexts across the Canada–USA border and shows some strategies Coast Salish people have used for resisting assimilation and returning to their own understandings of place and identity.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 137-159
Description
Looks at how Indigenous methodologies and experiential knowledge offer alternatives for resisting contemporary colonial realities and legacies of residential schools.
Interview: Indigenous Writing and the Residential School Legacy: A Public Interview with Basil Johnston
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Basil Johnston
Sam McKegney
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. 264-274
Description
Transcript of an interview, conducted in 2007, in which Johnston discusses his personal experiences as well as what he sees as the wider impact of the residential school system.
Historical Studies in Education, Fall, 2010, pp. 58-74
Description
Looks at nuns who staffed two schools in located in northern Alberta (St. Martin school and St. Bruno school) and their lack of education and teacher training.
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
Description
Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1-2, Spring/Summer, 2010, pp. 4-11
Description
Discusses artists' responses to the impact of residential schools and cultural assimilation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 4.
Guide to accompany film, The Invisible Nation". Target audience students aged 15-20. Contains start and preparatory activities, reflective sharing, comparing two Algonquin communities, observation checklist and suggested questions.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 11, November 2009, p. 24
Description
Describes the story, put to film, of two Saskatchewan women who bravely returned to the residential school where they had suffered abuse, to work and make a change to benefit other students.
Article located by scrolling to page 24.
The Journey Ahead: Report on Progress Since the Government of Canada's Apology to Former Students of Indian Residential Schools: Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry St. Germain
Lillian Eva Dyck
Description
Discusses the report on the progress made on the Government of Canada’s commitments since the apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, and the challenges that still lie ahead.
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 3, March 2009, p. 7
Description
Highlights an interdisciplinary conference held at The King's University College in Edmonton, Alberta, where students met with survivors of residential school abuse.
Topics include: Justification and Rationalization, Day Schools vs. Boarding Schools, Carlisle Indian School and Richard Henry Pratt,The System Begins to Fail.
Provides an overview of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and locates it in the global trend of TRCs, which are being used increasingly as a transitional justice tool.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 102, March 27, 2010, pp. [1]-21
Description
Looks at the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons minutes and proceedings from 1949 which recommended a move away from segregated to integrated schools for Aboriginal children.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 26, Indigenous Peoples: Historical Understanding, Contemporary Challenges and Canadian Approaches, 2010/2011, pp. 9-25
Description
Argues the process should be an opportunity to change the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, but this change hinges on the general public's acceptance of the need to redefine history and national identity.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 10, October 2010, p. 14
Description
Comments on the various ways Métis children in Saskatchewan have been educated over the years including church run and residential schools.
Article found by scrolling to page 14.
Prairie Perspectives on Indian Residential Schools, Truth, and Reconciliation, The Forks, Winnipeg, MB, Thursday 17 June 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Powell
Description
Using historical comparisons, examines present concepts and Indian residential school policy as part of a larger government plan to assimilate Indigenous people.
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 193-207
Description
Discusses a play centered around an orphaned First Nations girl, Forever, who runs away from residential school and finds shelter in an abandoned boat.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 53-65
Description
Author reflects on her own personal experiences; and discusses how historic trauma has shaped Aboriginal peoples lives and the need to re-discover traditions for the future.
Guide for the DVD Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners. This Study Guide raises awareness within the membership of the Anglican, Presbyterian, and United Churches so no one can ever say "I never knew" and so that every residential school survivor can get a chance to tell their story.
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
Lesson Plan.
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.
Discusses the interpretation of the residential school experience of the Stó:lõ people who attended St. Mary’s Indian Residential School and played in its band between 1962 and 1984.
Ethnohistory Field School, 2009.