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Ahousaht Residential School Records
Alberni Residential School
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Coqualeetza Institute
Crosby Girls’ Home (Lax Kw’alaams, B.C.)
Detailed Provincial Results: Albertans React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential School
Results from survey conducted with 463 Albertan adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Detailed Results: Canadians React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential Schools
Results of a survey conducted with 3,00 Canadian adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitamaat Village, B.C.)
Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report
I Want To Tell You A Story
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non-Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples
The Native American Lens: Native American Identity Visualized by Native American Directors
The Newcomer Handbook: Indigenous People in Canada
Excellent resource for providing an overview of a broad range of topics such as treaties, residential schools, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, the Sixties Scoop, traditional cultural teachings and protocols.
Based on the work of five focus groups located in Saskatoon, Regina, North Battleford, Prince Albert, and La Ronge.
"A Response to TRC's Call-To-Action 93".
Reconciliation Pole
Records Relating Generally to Residential Schools
Remembering the Children Educator's Guide 2022
Topics include: teacher reflections, preparing for difficult conversations, the role of media coverage, daily life in residential schools, reconciliation through revitalization, and making reconciliation real.
For use with Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
Residential Schools and the Kamloops Tragedy
Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Special Edition by Children and Youth: Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True
Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
"To Christianize and Civilize": Settler Motives and Residential Schools
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.
[Unreconciled: Family, Truth, Indigenous Resistance]
"We still need the game. As Indigenous people, it's in our blood." A Conversation on Hockey, Residential School, and Decolonization.
Where Are the Children Buried?
General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.