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.
Findings suggest that attendance at a residential school improved economic and educational outcomes but also reflected a decrease in participation in traditional activities and Aboriginal language use.
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.
Looks at the history of residential schools in Canada and the global phenomenon of apology as part of a movement towards negotiating restitution and facilitating historical reconciliation.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 77-110
Description
Examines ways that federal assimilation policies were actualized in the cultivation and consumption of food at the boarding school and the how the newsletter helped the students keep their identities.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
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.
Collection of six short videos from the Nindibaajimomin Summer Institute held at the Oral History Centre.
My Story by Eileen Clearsky.
My Mother's Love was in a Bowl of Porridge by Marlyn Bennett.
Reflections by Cheryl Morin.
Our Story by Priscilla Settee.
Heart and Mind by Dallas Good Water.
Okosisimaw by Lana Whiskeyjack.
Combined duration: 19:34.
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.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 28-37
Description
Looks at the social work policies and practices with Aboriginal children and families and explores ways to develop better social work services for Aboriginal communities that would affirm and support traditional ways.
Review of International American Studies, vol. 6, no. 1-2, Decoding American Cultures in the Global Context, Spring-Fall, 2013, pp. 131-144
Description
Comments on the similarities of educational policies and practices in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 131.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 253-276
Description
Focuses on ways to examine author Eden Robinson’s novel using approaches based on creation stories and urban "post-Indian" perspectives.
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 81-97
Description
Looks at how Aboriginal groups experienced assimilation in different ways and discusses the separation between cultural and physical forms of destruction.
Uses a story to illustrate that every action counts. Speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Restorative Practices: Widening Our Lens, Connecting Our Practice, May 31st-June 5th, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Duration: 20:53.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 36, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 49-70
Description
Argues that the Canadian state's efforts to disrupt Aboriginal family life and isolate children from their parents, are not being recognized in redress claims.