Reconciliation Canada commissioned a national public opinion survey to measure the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians on key aspects of Reconciliation. Download their report & findings here.
Increasing libraries are getting onboard with Reconciliation – offering up activities, reading spaces and books in their branches.
If you can’t make it in, many libraries have recommendations of reads to start (or continue) you on your Reconciliation Journey
Use graphic novels to introduce youth to history! Chester Brown, creator of the Louis Riel graphic novel, retells the history of the nineteenth-century Métis Rebellion lead by Prairie Métis Louis Riel.
The above links will connect you with news, current events, business and culture from a uniquely Indigenous perspective about issues that are significant to Reconciliation. Click here to stay current!
The Facing History and Ourselves website offers educational resources and professional development with the intention of addressing racism and discrimination. Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools is both a book and online resource.
Learn about about the fight of the Métis people for recognition in Canada. The North-West Is Our Mother is written by the great-grandniece of Louis Riel.
Listen to Jean Teillet talk about the book on the Sunday Edition.
CBC Reading List for Young Readers
Use these lists as a source of great books, comics and stories for kids, youth and teens.
Read the works of Richard Van Camp, a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from Fort Smith, NWT, Canada from Fort Smith, NWT. He is a graduate of the En’owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria’s Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.
Different organizations have offered up their recommended lists to Read for Reconciliation. Check these out, or if you have one you are already using, please share it with us so we can add it to the list
Download Whose Land Is It Anyway?
This book contains two essays from Arthur Manuel, described as the Nelson Mandela of Canada, and essays from renowned Indigenous writers Taiaiake Alfred, Glen Coulthard, Russell Diabo, Beverly Jacobs, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Kanahus Manuel, Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour, Pamela Palmater, Shiri Pasternak, Nicole Schabus, Senator Murray Sinclair, and Sharon Venne.
Truth & Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
Learn about the Truth and Reconciliation’s 94 Calls to Action and how Canada has responded to each of them. Created by the CBC, Beyond 94 is a platform and project that will measure Canada’s progress in responding to the TRC.
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