Education and Action Resources – Residential Schools and Reconciliation

Books

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

The Orange Shirt Story: The True Story of Orange Shirt Day by Phyllis Webstad

Phyllis’s Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad

Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliation A Reality by Bob Joseph

Secret Path by Gord Downie

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada by Paulette Regan

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel

Dear Canada, These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens by Ruby Slipperjack

Podcasts & Radio

Coffee with Ma – Kaniehtiio Horn

The Henceforward – Eve Tuck

Telling Our Twisted Histories – CBC

The Secret Life of Canada – CBC

INUIT UNIKKAANGIT – CBC

Thunder Bay – Canadaland

Unreserved with Falen Johnson – CBC

Film & Videos

Documentary: Eyes of Children: Life at a Residential School

Returning to Spirit: A Residential School Reconciliation Program by Marjorie Beaucage Link

CBC The National – Surviving the Survivor – Wab Kinew

Documentary: We Were Children

CBC Documentary: My Auntie survived residential school. I need to gather her stories before she’s gone

Collection of Indigenous Made Films from The National Film Board of Canada on Residential Schools

Articles/Educational Links

Map of who’s land you are on, treaties, and languages spoken

Truth and Reconciliation offers 94 ‘calls to action’ – CBC News

Actions Settlers Can Take

Beyond 94: Where is Canada at with reconciliation?

The REDress Project

Organizations

Anishnawbe Health Toronto- https://aht.ca/

Native Women’s Association of Canada – https://www.nwac.ca/

Orange Shirt Day, Every Child Matters – https://www.orangeshirtday.org/

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society – https://fncaringsociety.com/welcome

Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund – https://downiewenjack.ca/

The Witness Blanket – http://witnessblanket.ca/#!/project/

Reconciliation Canada – https://reconciliationcanada.ca/

Indian Residential School Survivors Society – https://www.irsss.ca/home

Native Canadian Centre of Toronto – https://ncct.on.ca/

Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre – https://councilfire.ca/

Petitions to Sign and Share

Call for a National Day of Mourning

National Inquiry into deaths at Residential Schools

Investigate the sites of residential schools and release all information to the public