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• By Strength, We Are Still Here

  Indigenous Peoples and Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories

  Fraser, Crystal

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  Led by survivor testimony, Fraser shows how both students and their parents played a role in changing the system to protect and empower their communities

• E Nâtamukw Miyeyimuwin

  Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree. Volume One

  DyckFehderau, Ruth

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  A collection of nonfiction stories told by James Bay Cree storytellers who have been affected by Indian Residential Schools, either because they attended the Schools themselves, or because a family member attended and brought those experiences home.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poets Re-imagine Canada

  a Primer for a Land Beyond Acknowledgements

  Stroll of Poets Society

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  A poetic and prose-based collection of 37 voices confronting Canada's colonial legacy and systemic injustice. This volume seeks to move beyond performative land acknowledgements, promoting active reconciliation with Indigenous communities through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Rink

  Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey

  Giancarlo, Alexandra

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  In 1951, after winning the Thunder Bay district championship, the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks hockey team from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School embarked on a whirlwind promotional tour through Ottawa and Toronto. They were accompanied by a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Behind Closed Doors

  Stories From the Kamloops Indian Residential School

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  Behind Closed Doors features written testimonials from thirty-two individuals who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The school was one of many infamous residential schools that operated from 1893 to 1979. These storytellers give voice…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tsqelmucwílc

  the Kamloops Indian Residential School--resistance and a Reckoning

  Haig-Brown, Celia, 1947-

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  "Tsqelmucwilc" (pronounced cha-CAL-mux-weel) is a Secwepemc phrase loosely translated as "We return to being human again." Tsqelmucwilc is the story of those who survived the Kamloops Indian Residential School, based on the 1988 book Resistance and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• North of Nowhere

  Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner

  Wilson, Marie (Journalist)

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  The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Knowing

  Talaga, Tanya

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  From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers, comes a riveting exploration of her family's story and a retelling of the history of the country we now call Canada. For generations, Indigenous People…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mangilaluk

  a Graphic Memoir About Friendship, Perseverance, and Resiliency

  Andreason, Bernard

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  After running away from residential school, Bernard Andreason and his two best friends begin a harrowing 130-kilometre journey from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, one which only Bernard would survive. In this heartbreaking and beautifully told graphic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Namwayut, We Are All One

  a Pathway to Reconciliation

  Joseph, Robert, 1939-

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  In this profound book, Chief Robert Joseph, globally recognized peacebuilder and Hereditary Chief of the Gwawaenuk People, traces his journey from his childhood surviving residential school to his present-day role as a leader who inspires individual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Little Indians

  Good, Michelle

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  Chronicles the desperate quest of five Indigenous residential school survivors as they struggle to overcome the trauma and help each other to reinvent their lives.

• True Reconciliation

  How to Be a Force for Change

  Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971-

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  The author outlines steps that individuals, communities, organizations, and governments can take to help advance reconciliation in Canada.

• Unreconciled

  Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

  Wente, Jesse

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  Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples.

• Life in the City of Dirty Water

  a Memoir of Healing

  Thomas-Müller, Clayton

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  Clayton Thomas-Müller retells his journey of enduring the intergenerational trauma of Canada's residential school system and how he began healing by embracing the rituals of Cree spirituality and reconnection to the land. Currently, Clayton is an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witness Blanket

  Truth, Art and Reconciliation

  Newman, Carey, 1975-

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  Tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that contains items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them.

• Beyond the Orange Shirt Story

  a Collection of Stories From Family and Friends of Phyllis Webstad Before, During, and After Their Residential School Experiences

  Webstad, Phyllis

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  Beyond the Orange Shirt Story is a unique collection of truths, as told by Phyllis Webstad's family and others, that will give readers an up-close look at what life was like before, during, and after their Residential School experiences. In this…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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  Gathers material from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports to present the essential history and legacy of residential schools and inform the journey to reconciliation that Canadians are now embarked upon.

• Ally Is a Verb

  a Guide to Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples

  LeMay, Rose

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  Your next step on the journey of reconciliation starts here. What can you do to be a better ally for your Indigenous colleagues, community members, and friends? By actively listening to the history and current lived experiences of Indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who We Are

  Four Questions for a Life and a Nation

  Sinclair, Murray, 1951-2024

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  Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair's story--and the story of a nation--in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditional written memoir to center Indigenous ways of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Canada's Residential Schools

  the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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  This is the McGill-Queen's University Press edition of the six volumes of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The product of over six years of research, the Commission's final report outlines the history and legacy…Read moreRead more of this annotation