Residential & Boarding Schools

Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.

Interview focuses on issues with respect to mandate and scope of the Commission, and the history of genocide of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Duration: 18:35.

International Development Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Bristol, 2013.

Guide to residential school records held by the United Church Archive in British Columbia. Arranged alphabetically by the name of the collection or fonds, with the ability to click on title and access more detailed description from MemoryBC.

Focuses on the efforts of the Chief Medical Officer of the Departments of the Interior and Indian Affairs on behalf of the Aboriginal population within the broader context of the public health movement.

Discusses the Anglican Church of Canada's involvement with the residential school system starting in the 1880s to 1969 when the government ended the church-state partnership.

Traces the ideological foundations of the residential school system back to the 1820s.

Comments on the importance of maintaining traditional values, cultures and languages in the effort to close the academic achievement gap that can be found between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's position on residential schools, UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Canadian government's position.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 1994.

Provides practical information and cultural insights.

Comments on an American Indian woman and her experience in a boarding school.

Concludes that gender justice is an essential element in the process and the outcomes of reconciliation.

Paper presented at the Symposium on the Politics of Race, Culture, and Health, Ithaca College, Nov. 13-14, 2002.

Looks at court case regarding group of aboriginal plaintiffs who sought damages for loss of culture and language as a result of attending a residential school in British Columbia.

3rd edition. Provides overview and directory.

Describes one former pupil's lengthy struggle to have the sites recognized and maintained, and students properly commemorated.

Discussion of the "We were So Far Away...": The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools exhibition mounted by the Legacy of Hope Foundation.

Presents a podcast that is part of the Embodying Empathy Project. Duration: 1:04:32.

Brief overview of the unique contextual factors underlying the mental health challenges faced by First Nations and Inuit communities.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2017.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Very brief book review of The Dance Boots by Linda Legarde Grover.

Book review of: The Dance Boots by Linda LeGarde Grover. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 136.

Indigenous and Canadian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.

Canadian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2021.

To access material, use the password "showarchive' & enter. You may need to scroll down to find particular materials. Analyzes the impact of the Canadian state on young Native people with resulting implications such as suicide, substance abuse, and exploitation.

Interview with a graphic novelist on his work based on a true story. Duration: 34:43.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch)--Carleton University, 2021.

Commentary on the residential schools compensation agreement between the federal government and Anglican Church by the church's chief negotiator.

Attempts to understanding how survivors felt after giving their statements to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Focuses on the history of the State/Church relationship in terms of the administration of Canadian schools and the reparations for survivors. Compares the Australian experience. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59. Paper presented at "ACSANZ (Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand) 08".

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Article gives a brief history of the schools, explains why the litigation process has been less than satisfactory, disputes ADR's viability as a non-judicial alternative, and discusses the possibility of using some model of restorative justice for dealing with the issue.

Report was completed in the following four phases: understanding the current context, barriers to postsecondary access, honoring the voices of the people, and dear children.

Overview of residential boarding school history as an instrument of genocide and the lack of governmental response to this system.

Highlights articles in themed issue.

Podcast discusses the destructing of archives which amounted to lost records of residential school students experiences. Duration: 25:29 Accompanying material.

Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2018.

Proposes that cultural immersion can ameliorate relations and foster intercultural understanding to decolonize Canadian youth.

Looks at the physical and mental health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

Discusses portrayals in four picture books for children ages 4-8: We Feel Good Out Here = Zhik gwaa'an, nakhwatthaiitat qwiinzii, Arctic Stories, Shi-shi-etko, and Shin-chi's Canoe; as well as When I Was Eight and "Mush-hole": Memories of a Residential School.

History of the "model" colony which was used to demonstrate the success of government policies aimed at assimilating Aboriginals into mainstream Canadian society. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Update on the activities of the Foundation, which deals with the healing rather than the compensation aspect of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.

After conducting research at the National Archives of Canada, author asserts that mainstream press reports were inaccurate.