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• Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education (For Educators)

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  "The teaching resource collection within the archives at the NCTR is composed of over 300 unique English-language resources and 100 French-language resources related to residential schools and other closely related topics. Choose from downloadable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Knock on the Door

  the Essential History of Residential Schools From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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  "It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer." So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A National Crime

  the Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986

  Milloy, John Sheridan,

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  "For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the "circle of civilization, " the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Picking Up the Pieces

  Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket

  Newman, Carey, 1975-

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  "This nonfiction book, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes hundreds of items from every Residential School in Canada and stories from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sleeping Giant Awakens

  Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation

  MacDonald, David Bruce,

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  "Confronting the truths of Canada's Indian Residential School system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In this book, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada's past and present relationships…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Broken Circle

  the Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools : a Memoir

  Fontaine, Theodore, 1941-

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  "Theodore (Ted) Fontaine lost his family and freedom just after his seventh birthday, when his parents were forced to leave him at an Indian residential school by order of the Roman Catholic Church and the Government of Canada. Twelve years later,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Education of Augie Merasty

  a Residential School Memoir /

  Merasty, Joseph Auguste,

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  "A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From Bear Rock Mountain

  the Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor

  Mountain, Antoine, 1949-

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  "In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture of his journey from residential school to art school--and his path to healing"

• In This Together

  Fifteen Stories of Truth & Reconciliation /

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  "What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a hard time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indian School Road

  Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School

  Benjamin, Chris, 1975-

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  "Journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Integrates research,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of the Depths

  the Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia

  Knockwood, Isabelle, 1931-

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  "In the 1880s, through an amendment to the Indian Act of 1876, the government of Canada began to require all Aboriginal children to attend schools administered by churches. Separating these children from their families, removing them from their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reason You Walk

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  "A moving father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist, Wab Kinew. As Kinew revisits his own childhood in Winnipeg and on a reserve in Northern Ontario, he learns more about his father's traumatic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• "Speaking My Truth : Reflections on Reconciliation & Residential School

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• Up Ghost River

  a Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

  Metatawabin, Edmund, 1947-

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• Burning in This Midnight Dream

  Halfe, Louise Bernice, 1953-

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  Poetry collection. "With fearlessly wrought verse, Halfe describes how the experience of the residential schools continues to haunt those who survive, and how the effects pass like a virus from one generation to the next. She asks us to consider…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unearthing Secrets, Gathering Truths

  Koostachin, Jules Arita,

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  "This thought provoking poetry sheds light on a personal account of how she comes to terms with intergenerational trauma inflicted by the residential school system."

• Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

  Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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• Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

  Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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• Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, The History, Part 1 Origins to 1939

  the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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• Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, The History, Part 2 1939 to 2000

  the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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