Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Shadow Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[US Human Rights Network?]
Description
Brief discussion of the history of the system and ongoing effects of human rights violations such as religious/cultural suppression, forced labor, and deaths in schools.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [29]-63
Description
Reviews alumni/ae publications free of boarding school censorship, supplemented by archival information to place students in Robert Warrior's nonfiction tradition.
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
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".
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 290-321
Description
Argues that while school officials regarded the practice of placing male students as farm labourers during the summer months as a method of assimilation, many used their employment to serve their own purposes.
Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
Study Guide.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analyzes books in OCLC Worldcat with Library of Congress subject heading "Indians of North America", with keywords genocide, holocaust or extermination.
Argues that while the role of official apologies is controversial, it nevertheless plays a part in the broader reconciliation process. Uses Canadian and the Australian experience as case studies.
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 40, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Shows contemporary teachings about settler innocence and Aboriginal responsibility run the risk of re-inscribing the same old past colonial characteristics.
Speech by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, at the launch of the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders Tour.
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.