Commissions & Inquiries
Stolen Generation Narratives in Local and Global Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kay Schaffer
Antipodes, vol. 16, no. 1, June 2002, pp. 5-10
Description
Discusses how Aboriginal life narratives, on the removal of Aboriginal children from their families, has impacted Indigenous-settler relations.
Stolen Sisters, Second Class Citizens, Poor Health: The Legacy of Colonization in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendee Kubik
Carrie Bourassa
Mary Hampton
Humanity & Society, vol. 33, no. 1/2, May 2009, pp. 18-34
Description
Examines issues facing Aboriginal women such as poverty, ill-health, violence and sexual exploitation. Authors agree with recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People.
The Stonechild Effect: Ten Years after the Explosive Inquiry, a Look at How One Teen's Death Changed a City
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jason Warick
Saskatoon Star Phoenix, October 24, 2014
Description
Case involved members of the Saskatoon Police Service who had picked up the teenager and driven him to a location on the outskirts of the city where he subsequently died of exposure.
Strathmore, Alberta Election Speech
Documents & Presentations
Description
Contains a speech given by John Diefenbaker at Strathmore Alberta during the election campaign of 1963 in which he discusses his first encounter with Indian people when his family moved to Saskatchewan in the early twentieth century, the many contributions of Indian people to Canadian society, the appointment of Senator Gladstone, and his desire to establish an Indian Claims Commission.
Studio portrait of the members of the North West Half Breed Claims Royal Commission of 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
Study of the Hawthorn Report
Alternate Title
[A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Dennis Madill]
no. Second Edition
Description
Discusses background to the report and responses to the recommendations contained in it.
Actual title of the report: A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies.
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee's Inquiry Into the Stolen Generation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William Jonas
Description
Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.
Submissions of United Native Nations Society on the Final Phase of the Frank Paul Inquiry: December 14-15, 2010
Alternate Title
Frank Paul Inquiry: William H. Davies, Q.C. Commissioner Appointed under the Public Inquiry Act, S.B.C., 2007, c.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
A. Cameron Ward
Neil Chantler
Description
Inquiry looked into circumstances surrounding the death of a Mi'kmaq man who was removed from Vancouver Police Department lock-up, left in an nearby alley and subsequently died of exposure and hypothermia.
Sumas Indian Band Inquiry 1919 Surrender of Indian Reserve No. 7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the lawfulness of the surrender of IR 7 to the Crown for sale to the Soldier Settlement Board. ICC recommended that there be joint research into whether the Band received fair market value for their land in 1919 and if not the Band should receive compensation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern Chief's Organization [Manitoba]
Description
Reports findings of survey which asked 23 questions about the Calls to Justice. Topics were: culture, health and wellness, policing, corrections, media and social influencers, education, child welfare, natural resource extraction, human security, and rights.
Survivors of Survivors Will be Responsible for Reconciliation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 11, February 2011, p. 11
Description
Discusses the role of the descendants of residential school survivors in the reconciliation process, specifically at the personal and institutional level.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
The Systematic Dispossession of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Grand Council of the Crees]
Description
A submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Reports Canadian government policy is in breach of basic fundamental rights and is keeping Aboriginal people living in poverty.
Teacher Guide: Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian McCallum
Description
For use with the CBC website which tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
Teaching Treaties as (Un)Usual Narratives: Disrupting the Curricular Commonsense
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Tupper
Michael Cappello
Curriculum Inquiry, vol. 38, no. 5, December 2008, pp. 559-577
Description
Examines the importance of treaty education by looking at what students know and understand about treaties and the historical relationship between First Nations and non-First Nations peoples.
Telling the Past - Healing the Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, July/August 1996, pp. 4-8
Description
Inquiry into the policies and practices that caused the removal of 10,000 children in North South Wales and 100,000 nationally.
The Terrible Truth About Canadian Crime: No Justice for Indigenous Women
Alternate Title
Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice ; 2015
[Special Lectures (Allard School of Law), 2015-2016]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim Pate
Description
Discusses incarcerated women, mental illness, incarceration rates and decarceration.
Duration: 1:06:07.
Theorizing Political Forgiveness: An Unexpected Response to Apology
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 83rd, 2011]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nadine Changfoot
Description
Argues that meaningful reconciliation must take into account the need for social changes based on relationship building between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal groups.
[Thinking About Reconciliation]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Jocelyn Thorpe]
Description
Podcast discusses ideas such as: what is nature versus culture' and 'what are gender, race and nation' as well as thoughts on decolonization.
Duration: 18:00.
The Third Solitude: Making a Place For Aboriginal Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Donohue
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 315-328
Description
Outlines cultural assumptions of the Canadian justice system in contrast with Aboriginal conceptions of justice and argues that Canada must implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to neutralize the impact of criminal law on Aboriginal peoples.
The Three R's of Seeking Transitional Justice: Reparation, Responsibility, and Reframing in Canada and Argentina
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Bonner
Matt James
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, Truth and Reconciliation, August 31, 2011, p. Article 3
Description
Discusses the similarities and differences in the three important transitional justice goals: reparation, responsibility and reframing, and concludes that Canada’s injustices have made the barriers to pursuing notions of transitional justice much greater.
Three Years On: What Has Happened to the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples? [RCAP]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Reynolds
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 93-100
Description
Examines the reasons for the creation of RCAP, commenting that it often takes a major political upheaval to move governments to implement their recommendations.
"To rob the world of a people": Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Ilyniak
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 9, no. 2, Time, Movement, and Space: Genocide Studies and Indigenous Peoples, October 2015, pp. [76]-97
Description
Examines how the schools practices were designed to disrupt child/community relationship by removing Anishinaabe language.
Towards a Detente with History: Confronting Canada's Colonial Legacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyce A. Green
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [85]-105
Description
Looks at colonial myth-making and federal policy regarding Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Scroll down to page 85 to read article.