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Brief Administrative History of the Residential Schools & The Presbyterian Church in Canada's Healing and Reconciliation Efforts

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives
Description
Summary of the Church's goals of assimilation and Christianization of Aboriginal children into mainstream society and statements of regret for role in the administration of residential schools. Includes list of schools operated by Presbyterian Church in Canada.
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Bringing Home the Kids

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ralph Bodor
Rochelle Lamourex
Holly Biggs
Rural Social Work and Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 12-17
Description
Comments on an event that reconnected 150 children with their community.
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[Bringing Them Home: Oral History Interviews]

Alternate Title
[Bringing Them Home Oral History Project]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Library of Australia
Description
Links to audio of interviews with over 190 Aboriginals who were taken from their families by the Australian government in an effort to assimilate them.
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Broader Lessons to be Learned

Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 6
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Borrows
David Dyzenhaus
Michael Marrus
Courtney Jung
Description
Session Six from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Implications of implementing transitional justice framework into a non-traditional setting. Duration: 1:11:02.
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The Broken Crucible of Assimilation: Forest Grove Indian School and the Origins of Off-Reservation Boarding-School Education in the West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cary C. Collins
Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 101, no. 4, Winter, 2000, pp. 466-507
Description

Using selected correspondence to explore the experiences of Indigenous students at Forest Grove Indian School in Oregon. The primary sources discussed are provided at the end of the article.

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Building Bridges

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples. Duration: 1:11:22.
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Building Bridges Between Academe and Community: Case Study of the Healing of the Seven Generations Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ginette Lafrenière
Lamine Diallo
Donna Dubie
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 121-136
Description
Looks at the merits of university and community collaboration in the development of a community-based healing program for residential school survivors living in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
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Cabinet OKs Church Offer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 9, December 2002, pp. 1-2
Description
Church's liability for residential school abuse lawsuits will be $25 million over five years, but agreement does not address cultural and language claims.
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Can University/Community Collaboration Create Spaces for Aboriginal Reconciliation? Case Study of the Healing of The Seven Generations and Four Directions Community Projects and Wilfrid Laurier University

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ginette Lafrenière
Papa Lamine Diallo
Donna Dubie
Lou Henry
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 53-66
Description
Illustrates two community-based projects that were developed because of four people who believed in the project.
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Canada and Colonial Genocide [Introduction]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Jeff Benvenuto
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 373-390
Description
Introduction to special issue on genocide and settler colonialism.
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Canada and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools: Transitional Justice for Indigenous People in a Non-Transitional Society

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Jung
Description
Expands on a previously published research brief. Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
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Canada, Churches Appeal Residential School Decisions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 6, October 2001, p. 9
Description

Examines the vicarious liability claims of churches and the federal government for the actions of school employees.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Canada's Actions Speaks Louder than Words

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin Culhane
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 5
Description

Reports on compensation legislation for child abuse cases and how inequitable settlements have been inadequate.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Canada's Colonial Mission: The Great White Bird

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrea Bear Nicholas
Description
Aims to demonstrate that colonialism has continued throughout time, not only as a political ideology ordering relations between Native and immigrant nations, but also the primary ideology underlying the education of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
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Canada's Dark Secret

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bud Whiteye
Roberta Hill
Ron Shortt
Rania El Rafei
Description
Primary focus is the personal narratives of two survivors of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, with some general information of the school system and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Duration: 47:30.
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Canada's First Nations People: Ethnicity and Leadership

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Ottmann
SA-eDUC Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Special Edition on Education and Ethnicity, November 2009, pp. 100-116
Description
Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.
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Canada's History Wars: Indigenous Genocide and Public Memory in the United Sates, Australia, and Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 411-431
Description
Introduction to the history of the Indian Residential School system, analysis of the history wars in the United States and Australia over indigenous genocide, and debates about genocide in Canada.
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Canada's Indian Residential School System

Alternate Title
Wayne K. Spear: Owenna'shon:a
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wayne K. Spear
Description
Brief overview of the policies and attitudes which led to the establishment of the system.
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Canada's Residential School System: Measuring the Intergenerational Impact of Familial Attendance on Health and Mental Health Outcomes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Hackett
David Feeny
EmileTompa
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 70, no. 11, November 2016, pp. 1096-1105
Description
Uses information from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to link contemporary health and mental health conditions to residential school familial attendance.
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Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 6: Reconciliation

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 169-175
Description
Reviews of: Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy Canada's Residential Schools.
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Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Settling the Past?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Stanton
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, Truth and Reconciliation, August 30, 2011, pp. 1-18
Description
Reviews the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in terms of a legal settlement agreement, and discusses the challenges that arise from a societal decision to create such a process to deal with past history.
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The Canadian Holocaust: Retrieving Our Souls

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rachel Andrew
Occupational Therapy Now, vol. 7, no. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 19-20
Description
Brief article discusses the impact of residential schools in the context of building rapport with Aboriginal clients. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 19.
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