Resources on the Truth & Reconciliation Commission on Residential Schools

• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
• Read the TRC Report. (2015). Truth & Reconciliation Commission reading project. Youtube. Videos of indigenous participants reading sections from the TRC report.

The Mi’kmaq

• Province of Nova Scotia. (2011). Aboriginal people in Nova Scotia.

Residential Schools in Canada

• Catherine Donnelly Foundation. (2018). Cathy Gerrior (Inuit) a member of Apaji-wla’matulinej on finding your way back to your culture [Video]. Youtube. (11:49 min.)
• Residential schools: A chronology, from the Assembly of First Nations.

The Mi’kmaq and Residential Schools

• Mason, M., Ward-Jerrit, J., Rosenmeier, L. & Corning, S. (2007). The evolution of Mi’kmaw education: Charting the challenges, the failures and the successes. In Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia (p. 27-40). Eastern Woodland Publishing. (1.87 Mb pdf)

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions links

• Shaw, R. (2005). Rethinking truth and reconciliation commissions: Lessons from Sierra Leone. Special Report 130. United States Institute of Peace.
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, archival source guide and final report available.

Truth and Reconciliation resources

• Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, an NFB documentary film. As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair raised global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. (29 min.)
• Northern Lakes College. (2024). Learn about Truth and Reconciliation.
• Yellowhead Institute’s The Treaty Map, covering every Canadian treaty from 1763 to the present, the Treaty Map challenges the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders and offers an interactive learning and teaching tool, grounded in Indigenous perspectives of treaties.