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.
• We were not the savages: First Nations history, resources by Daniel N. Paul.

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)
• Residential schools information provided by Daniel N. Paul.

How can you get involved?

• TRC-CVR. (n.d.). How can you get involved? [Video]. Vimeo. (2 min.)
• TRC-CVR. (n.d.). Northern National Event – Witness [Video]. Vimeo. (3:18 min.)
• TRC-CVR. (n.d.). What is reconciliation? [Video]. Vimeo. (3 min.)

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

• Northern Lakes College. (2024). Learn about Truth and Reconciliation.