The Scope and Bounds of Transitional Justice and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosemary L. Nagy
International Journal of Transitional Justice, vol. 7, no. 1, March 2013, pp. 52-73
Description
Comments on the TRC's capacity to advance decolonization and the issues that hamper that progress.
Screen Text and Institutional Context: Indigenous Film Production and Academic Research Institutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karrmen Crey
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 61-88
Description
Discusses two documentaries with thematic similarities, Navajo Talking Picture and Cry Rock.
Second-rate Victims: The Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Peoples in the USA and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonardo Pegoraro
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2015, pp. 161-173
Description
Discuss campaigns and eugenics programs in Canada and the United States forcing thousands of Indigenous women to receive compulsory sterilization.
Second Thoughts about Residential Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Dorchester Review, vol. 4, no. 2, Autumn/Winter, 2014, pp. 25-29
Description
Argues that it might be time refocus attention away from residential schools, and incorporate three elements into conversations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people: roots of marginalization (including residential schools), contemporary social, economic and cultural challenges, and significant examples of success.
The Secret Path
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gord Downie
Jeff Lemire
Mike Downie
Description
Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large.
Video duration:46:15.
Panel discussion starts at 59:45.
Secret Path: Lesson Planning Templates
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Edmonton Public Schools, First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Education
Description
Includes links to series of brief lesson plans highlighting themes of awareness, acknowledgement, atonement, action and understanding and accompanying power points, student workbook and residential schools project.
Designed for use with the graphic novel and movie about Charlie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old who died while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario in 1966.
For use with junior high school students.
Secret Path Lesson Plans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Teachers' Society
Description
Links to lessons plans created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers in support of the video Secret Path. Resource will be used when teaching about Residential Schools in Manitoba. Divided into early, middle and senior year lesson plans.
Seeking Health Care at Emergency Departments: Access Issues Affecting Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Annette J. Browne
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, pp. 24-25
Description
Study showed that people's reasons for going to the Emergency Department for walk-in issues were shaped by complex social, economic and personal factors.
Seeking the Voices of American Indian and Irish Schoolchildren (1820s–1920s): Autobiographical Reminiscence as Historical Source
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael C. Coleman
Ethnohistory, vol. 59, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 1-25
Description
Suggests applying five tests to evaluate the reliability of accounts of childhood experiences which were not recorded until many years later.
Sense of Belonging in the Urban School Environments of Aboriginal Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantelle AM Richmond
Dawn Smith
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Focus group discussions indicate level of trust is key in accepting social support in order to achieve better educational outcomes and Aboriginal well-being.
Sensitivity Needed When Dealing With Student Person of Interest
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 11, February 2011, p. 9
Description
Looks at the proposition of Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada, to handle the named persons of survivors of residential schools with sensitivity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Serving the Inuit Offender
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Anala
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002
Description
Discussion of issues surrounding teaching Inuit and possible strategies to accommodate cultural differences in the corrections classroom.
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience: Panel 1-Q and A. Joe Clark, Andrew Lee]
Alternate Title
Institute for the Study of International Development Conference 2014
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Question and Answer Period]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Clark
Andrew Lee
Description
Remarks by Joe Clark and Andrew Lee regarding the important role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission followed by a question and answer period facilitated by the Commissioners.
Duration: 1:10:48.
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience. Wilton Littlechild]
Alternate Title
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Webcast focuses on discussing three points: where the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission is situated on the international stage, the special visit to Canada by the UN Special Rapporteur, James Anaya, and the interim report recommendations on the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Duration: 18:25.
The Settlement Process: A Personal Reflection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Mahoney
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 4, Special Issue: The Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement, 2014, pp. 505-528
Description
Chief negotiator of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement for the Assembly of First Nations discusses personal experiences and important role the Assembly played.
Settler Colonialism and the Politics of Grief: Theorising a Decolonising Transitional Justice for Indian Residential Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Augustine S. J. Park
Human Rights Review, vol. 16, no. 3, September 2015, pp. 273-293
Description
Rethinks Indigenous deaths as being grievable and uses grief as a resource to bring about change. Case study using Residential schools and Project Heart.
Settler Colonialism in Canada and the Métis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tricia Logan
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 433-452
Description
Shows the role Métis histories play in the larger story of settle colonial genocide.
Settler-State Apologies to Indigenous Peoples: A Normative Framework and Comparative Assessment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheryl Lightfoot
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 15-39
Description
Supports apology for wrongs of the past and/or present and a credible commitment by the state for changes in future policy behavior.
Article located by scrolling down page.
“Sexual Savages:” Christian Stereotypes and Violence against North America’s Native Women
Alternate Title
Religion and Men's Violence against Women
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Description
Contrasts British male colonial attitudes to women in general and Indigenous women in particular to their status in traditional Indigenous societies; traces the development of stereotypes about both men and women; looks at the impacts of government-church alliances, the role of contemporary media and incidence and types of violence perpetrated against Indigenous women; and argues that restoring safety will mean recognizing and attempting to correct harms done by non-Indigenous societies, and decolonization of communities so that they may heal from historic trauma.
Shape Shifter or Schizophrenic? A Personal Perspective on Implementing Mental Health Programs in First Nations Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jacqueline McPherson
Visions, vol. 11, no. 4, Indigenous People: Reconciliation and Healing, 2016, pp. 26-27
Description
Looks at exploring the cultural perceptions of mental illness and improving First Nation peoples access to the mental health care system.
Shingwauk Indian Residential School Letter Books
Alternate Title
Letter Book Series
Shingwauk Indian Residential School Fonds
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Edward F. Wilson
George Ley King
Description
A collection of letter books from two of the principals of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School. Ten volumes are included ranging from 1875 to 1904.
Shingwauk Letter Books
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Edward F. Wilson
George Ley King]
Description
Letters from principals of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School dated from 1876 to 1904. A wide range of topics are covered, from daily school life and fundraising to anthropology and Canadian Indian policy.
Shingwauk Narratives: Sharing Residential School History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jenna Lemay
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Description
Compilation of information from the letter books of two principals: Rev. Edward F. Wilson and Rev. George L. King, ranging in date from 1875-1904. Arranged under three themes: the student experience which includes death records, and information on fire drills, the print shop, and Indigenous clothing and languages, staffing, and the historical context.
"Show What an Indian Can Do": Sports, Memory, and Ethnic Identity at Federal Indian Boarding Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Bloom
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 3, Spring, May 1996, pp. [33-48]
Description
Former students recall how, in response to an insensitive education system sports became an outlet to experience pride.
Situating Educational Issues in Nunavut: Perceptions of School Leaders and Teachers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane P. Preston
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 109-129
Description
Identifies schools issues including: student attendance, the legacy of residential schools, lack of resources to promote the Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun language and transient teachers.