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["We Were So Far Away ... "]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marius Tungilik
Marjorie Flowers
Peter Irniq
Shirley Flowers
Abraham Ruben ... [et al.]
Video of excerpts from interviews conducted as part of the exhibition "We Were So Far Away...": The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools. Duration: 26:07.
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[Week 6: The Legacies of Residential Schools with Residential School Survivors]

Alternate Title
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Clark Paul
Karen Burnard
Michael R. Denny
Clark Paul shares his emotional and inspiring story of his experience at residential school. Stephen Augustine provides an overview of residential schools in Canada. Presentations begin at 20:35. Duration: 2:41:51.
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[Week 7: Understanding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission]

Alternate Title
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Agnes Gould
Stephen Augustine speaks about the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the 94 calls to action. Elder Agnes Gould speaks about her missing sister and missing and murdered Indigenous women. Presentations begin at 23:51. Duration: 2:47:26.
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Weesageechak Meets the Weetigo: Storytelling, Humour, and Trauma in the Fiction of Richard Van Camp, Tomson Highway, and Eden Robinson

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 1, 2009, pp. [204]-226
Looks at the use of storytelling and humour to explore connections between the traumatic experience of Aboriginals' past and their problems in the present.
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What Are the Predictors of Volatile Substance Use in an Urban Community of Adults Who Are Homeless?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracy DeBoer
Jino Distasio
Corinne A. Isaak
Leslie E. Roos
Shay-Lee Bolton ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 34, no. 2, 2015, pp. 37-51
Compares socio-demographic status, mental health, physical health and traumatic experiences between homeless individuals who do and do not utilize volatile substances.
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What Do We Do about the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools?

Alternate Title
Big Thinking [Lecture Series]
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference ; 2015
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Paul Voudrach
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission discusses its unique mandate, problems with defining and contextualizing reconciliation, how schools affected children, and intergenerational trauma. Duration: 1:03:16.
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What’s the Score?: American Indians in Sports

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Presents a look at Native American sports through the years, including traditional, boarding school, reservation, and professional sports.
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What Truth? What Reconciliation?: Understanding the Work of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Alternate Title
[Schulich Law School] Mini Law School ; 4
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mike DeGagné
Jennifer Llewellyn
Executive Director of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation outlines historical background to the formation of the Commission; professor of law explains various aspects of the Settlement Agreement, the meaning of restorative justice and the need for establishing and maintaining a new relationship between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals. Duration: 55:52.
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What Will Become of the Indians?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Edward Jacker]
American Catholic Quarterly Review, vol. 2, 1886, pp. 702-729
Author urges expansion of missionary activities, including schools, in the interest of "civilizing" and assimilating the "inferior race". Reflects the attitudes and policies of the time.
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When a Language Dies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Milloy
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.
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Where Are the Children Buried?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Hamilton

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.

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[Where the Blood Mixes]

Alternate Title
Hinterviews ; no. 7, 2009-10
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Peter Hinton
Kevin Loring
Kevin Loring discusses the evolution of his play, which was featured at the National Arts Centre's English Theatre. Play focuses on the effects of residential schools. Duration: 28:11.
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Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring: Study Guide

Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programmes for Student Audiences; 2009-2010 Season
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Moore
Guide includes: synopsis of the play, history of Aboriginal theatre in Canada, information on residential schools, resources for further study, etc.
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Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring: Study Guide

Alternate Title
Play Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Activities to accompany play about residential schools which won the Governor General's Award for English Drama. Due to content, play recommended for Grade 12 audience.
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Where the Spirit Lives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rina Gangemi Spano
Teaching Sociology, vol. 20, no. 2, April 1992, pp. 179-181
Includes film review, suggestions for appropriate courses, discussion of pedagogical usefulness, and study questions.
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Where the Spirit Lives

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Keith Ross Leckie
Paul Stephens
Bruce Pittman
Michael Todd
Movie about a young girl and her brother who are forced to attend residential school. Duration: 1:37:23.
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Who Gets to Tell the Stories? Carlisle Indian School: Imagining a Place of Memory Through Descendant Voices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louellyn White
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 122-144

Examines boarding school through the lenses of the student's descendants recollections of their families experiences.  Through these means the stories will continued to be told once there are no more living alumni. 

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Who Stole the Teepee?

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Museum of the American Indian
Virtual exhibition deals with contemporary artists' response to past colonization. Contains links to: Tolerating Tourists, Changing Reservation Realities, School Bells and Haircuts, and Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.
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Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Arthur Manuel ...
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Kanahus Manuel
Beverly Jacobs
Glen Coulthard ...
Murray Sinclair
Pamela Palmater
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.
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Why Did Charlie Wenjack Die?

Alternate Title
The Poverty Wall
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ian Adams
Story of a twelve-year-old boy who perished from exposure and starvation while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. Chapter two from The Poverty Wall by the same author.
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Wilfred & Harriet Chocan Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Wilfred Chocan
Harriet Chocan
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Indian History Film Project
An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.
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Will the Church be Proud of its Conduct in Latest Crisis?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leanne Larmondin
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 2, February 2008, p. 4
Discusses the wide range of emotions Anglicans may feel due to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions findings and reports regarding the churches association with residential schools.
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[Will Truth Bring Reconciliation?]

Alternate Title
ReVision Quest ; July 7, 2010
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Darrell Dennis
Leanne [Slay?]
Lyn Bishop
Eric Robinson
Chuck Strall
Features stories of people participating in the sharing circle held at the Winnipeg event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Duration: 27:30.
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Wilton Littlechild: Truth and Reconciliation

Alternate Title
Speak Truth to Power Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Lesson plan for grades 5 to 12 (six 60 min. class periods) includes interview, biography, activities, and additional resources.
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Witness: Pieces of History

Alternate Title
[The Witness Blanket]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Media One
Website for Carey Newman's large-scale art installation, The Witness Blanket, which was created from objects gathered from the sites of residential schools across Canada. Contains trailer for documentary, background to the project, full view of the work, links to media stories, and artist's statement and biography.
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Witnesses: Art and Canada's Indian Residential Schools

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Scott Watson
Geoffrey Carr
Robert Joseph
Curatorial catalogue of works and artist biographies from an exhibition, mounted September 6-December 1, 2013, centring on residential schools.
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