Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Social Politics, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 572-597
Description
Discusses the disruption the system caused in cultural transmission and the efforts of 20 Aboriginal women to reestablish this connection for their children.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 5:01.
Part 2 of 5.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 5:23.
Part 3 of 5.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 5:29.
Part 4 of 5.
The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, vol. 29, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses call to action 57 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding the provision of education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples and residential schools.
New Internationalist, no. 440, March 2011, pp. 44-45
Description
Presents an interview with Murray Sinclair, chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, who discusses various testimonies from residential school survivors.
New Internationalist, no. 440, March 2011, pp. 44-45
Description
Presents an interview with Murray Sinclair, chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and discusses various residential school policies of assimilation.
Alberta Law Review, vol. 48, no. 4, Special Issue: Restorative Justice, May 2011, pp. 831-845
Description
Discusses the author's experience at the conference “Prairie Perspectives on Indian Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation,” which was held in June 2010 and at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission first national event held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Based on those experiences, author makes recommendations regarding conflict management at future events.
Paper presented the the Tri-University Annual Graduate History Conference Waterloo, Ontario.
Looks at death in 1907 of young child and then ensuing crisis in community-school relations.
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.
Journal of Law and Social Policy, vol. 26, 2017, pp. 21-42
Description
"This paper considers the concept of "reconciliation" as it is utilized in two fora: the Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the legacy of the "Indian residential schools" (TRC)."
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 31-49
Description
Uses example of the schools in Aklavik, Northwest Territories to illustrate the methods used and the impacts of the acculturation agenda of education in the North.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 56-65
Description
Reviews the history of residential schools, other institutions, Goffman's notion of Total Institution and the consequences these institutions have had on Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
International Journal of Learning & Development, vol. 1, no. 1, December 6, 2011, pp. 212-219
Description
Article contains: brief history of the system, summarized list of abuses, testimonial given by school survivor Dr. Eugene Norman, and a list of the recommendations found in the Assembly of First Nations' publication Breaking the Silence.
Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 46, 2011, pp. 107-113
Description
Outlines the role of Indigenous culture and its intersection with Western approaches to recovery in YSAP’s (Youth Solvent Addiction Program) operation of nine residential treatment centers for youth.
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 83rd, 2011]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Honkanen
Description
Argues that Canada must begin to develop trusting, long-term and collaborative relationships with Indigenous people in the spirit of the treaties in order for reconciliation to take place.
"Literary License" or "Mutated Plagiarism"?: Additional Comments about Ann Rinaldi's My Heart Is on the Ground
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
Beverly Slapin
Barb Landis
Marlene Atleo
Naomi Caldwell
Jean Mendoza
Deborah Miranda
LaVera Rose
Cynthia Smith
Description
Criticism of book, aimed at 9-12 year old girls, on basis of: cultural appropriation, lack of historical accuracy, lack of cultural authenticity, stereotypes, and stereotypical language.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Herb George]
Description
Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 4:37.
Part 3 of 5.
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 51-88
Description
Uses example of schools in British Columbia to illustrate that while children's health education was used as a method of assimilation, children were undernourished and conditions were unsanitary encouraging the spread of disease.