Building Reconciliation: Universities Answering the Truth and Reconciliation Commision's Calls to Action
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Peter Stoicheff
Bobby Cameron
Robert Doucette
Blaine Flavel
Carolyn Bennett
Perry Bellegarde
Murray Sinclair ... [et al.]
Description
Plenary event for gathering of university presidents and Aboriginal leaders from across Canada to discuss ways to close the education gap.
Duration: 1:56:45.
Primary focus is the personal narratives of two survivors of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, with some general information of the school system and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 47:30.
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 411-431
Description
Introduction to the history of the Indian Residential School system, analysis of the history wars in the United States and Australia over indigenous genocide, and debates about genocide in Canada.
Peace Research, vol. 47, no. 1-2, 2015, pp. [47]-70
Description
Looks at the approach each of the four churches (United, Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian) took in their attempt to reconcile with Aboriginal peoples.
Provides statistics on demographics, education and training levels, income, employment rates, career planning services, and Gross Domestic Product by sector, gives results of Northern Career Development Requirements Survey, and makes recommendations based on findings.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2015, pp. 37-65
Description
Focuses on women who left the institution, became professional writers, and used their literacy skills to subvert the assimilationist goals of the boarding school system.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 63, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Using interviews with Indigenous high school students to discuss the influences to the their educational experiences and what can be learned from those students' voices.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, September 2015, pp. 27-56
Description
Argues there isn't a clear idea of what truth and reconciliation should mean to the residential school survivors and Aboriginal people in general. Includes articles from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation report From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Heather Crawford
Description
Uses data to analyze what factors predicted changes in identification and place of usual residence, effect of migration on employment, extent that caring responsibilities had on education and employment outcomes, and characteristics which may explain differences in fertility decisions.
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Group at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute campus has identified four actionable priorities as part of their strategy addressing climate change.
Assessment of educational attainment and labour market outcomes between 2001 and 2011 and updated estimates of benefits accrued by eliminating the gap. Statistics broken down by province, sex, age, Aboriginal identity, registered Indian status, and residence on- and off- reserve.
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