Abuse
Media Practices and Painful Pasts: The Public Testimonial in Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miranda J. Brady
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 149, Indigenous Media Practice, November 2013, pp. 128-138
Description
Explores the public statement-gathering process and ways in which media practices shape and guide testimonials.
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Description
Catherine Anne Martin examine the traditions of her Mi'kmaq family, and during a visit home for the annual St. Anne's Feast Day at Chapel Island, she explores values which have endured, adapted, and evolved. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 32:28.
Missing Children & Unmarked Burials: Research Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Working Group on Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
Description
Paper's purpose was to make recommendations to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding research for the Missing Children Research project . The project is to consider four questions: how many students died?, what did they die from?, where are they buried?, and who went missing?
Mixed Reaction to Compensation Package
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 9, December 2005, p. 12
Description
Story reports on the residential school compensation deal reached by the Assembly of First Nations, the Federal Government, church organizations and 70 lawyers.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Moving Towards Saimaqatigiingniq
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bethany Scott
Julie Harris
David Joanasie
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
Mowatt v. Clarke
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
British Columbia Courts
Description
1999 BCSC [British Columbia Supreme Court] 1341Docket 7838. Judgement regarding St. George's Indian Residential School (Anglican Church of Canada) and the sexual abuse of children. Findings of liability made in relation to federal Crown and Anglican Church for actions of dorm supervisor Derek Clarke.
My Life in an Indian Residential School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Dempsey
Alberta History, vol. 59, no. 2, Spring, 2011, p. 22
Description
Presents a personal narrative of Pauline Gladstone, who discusses her experiences growing up at St. Paul's Indian Residential School.
Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
University of Manitoba
Description
Website for information relating to the Truth and Reconcilation Commission of Canada and its work. Contains links to education, research, archives, and reports.
National Church Archives Seek School Records
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 132, no. 7, September 2006, p. 14
Description
Central inventory of school records to be compiled in order to make copies available to Truth and Reconciliation Commission as per Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Native American Subjective Happiness: An Overview
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amoneeta Beckstein
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2014 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2014, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the correlation between collectivist values, social relationships and happiness for Native Americans.
Native Family Law, Indian Child Welfare Act and Tribal Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zia Akhtar
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 2, [2012], pp. 130-147
Description
Article advocates that reservation children should be residing on reservation lands in order to maintain their Indian heritage.
Native Suspicion
Alternate Title
Canada's Colleges and Universities Look for Ways to Recruit Aboriginal Students Wary of a Once-Hostile Educational System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Birchard
Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 52, no. 19, January 13, 2006, pp. 46-49
Description
Discusses the problems associated with recruitment of Aboriginal students to Canadian colleges and universities given the perception that education is a threat to native cultures and traditions.
Natives, Churches, Feds Seek Way Out of Lawsuits
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 124, no. 10, December 1998, p. 1
Description
Discussion of meetings regarding the residential school lawsuits, some for sexual abuse other lawsuits were of a more general nature.
Needs and Expectations for Redress of Victims of Abuse at Native Residential Schools
Alternate Title
Needs and Expectations for Redress of Victims of Abuse at Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rhonda Claes
Deborah Clifton
Description
Report discusses the profoundly negative impacts experienced by students, and makes recommendations to redress the abuse and injustice.
Related Material: Longer Version.
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lori Lewis
Laura Robinson
Description
Presents play FrontRunners by Laura Robinson about segregation and abuse in residential school, the Aboriginal teenage boys selected to run 800 kilometers carrying the torch for the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967, and the apology by the province thirty-two years later.
Duration: 47:27
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunner Study Guide.
Lesson Plan.
No Indication When TRC Will Resume
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 2, February 2009, p. 3
Description
Comments on implementation delays to the First Nations Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and describes how the delays effect former students who are frail and elderly.
Not All Sorrys Are Created Equal, Some Are More Equal than ‘Others’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Collins-Gearing
M/C Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, May 2008, p. [?]
Description
A response to Brendan Nelson's apology to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Australians criticizing him for ignoring Aboriginal concepts of the time and perpetuating the attitudes and discourses that led to the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families in the first place.
The Occasional Evil of Angels: Learning from the Experiences of Aboriginal Peoples and Social Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 28-37
Description
Looks at the social work policies and practices with Aboriginal children and families and explores ways to develop better social work services for Aboriginal communities that would affirm and support traditional ways.
Off-Reservation Boarding School Versus the Stolen Generations: A Comparative Study on Indigenous Educational Policies in the United States and Australia During the Assimilation Period
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peng Tong
Review of International American Studies, vol. 6, no. 1-2, Decoding American Cultures in the Global Context, Spring-Fall, 2013, pp. 131-144
Description
Comments on the similarities of educational policies and practices in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 131.
Oh, Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Cherrington
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Describes abuses suffered by children in residential schools, the settlement process and the system for "grading" abuses in determining reparations.