RECONCILIATION | For educators
Find resources specifically created to help teach about residential schools.
From Winnipeg Public Library
- Book list | Residential Schools Recommended Reading for AdultsSOURCE: Winnipeg Public Library
SUMMARY: A 2-page reading list of books available to borrow. - Book list | Residential Schools Recommended Reading for Children and TeensSOURCE: Winnipeg Public Library
SUMMARY: A 2-page reading list of books available to borrow. - Application + Action: TRC Reading Guide for Non-Indigenous OrganizationsProduced the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network with assistance from Ka Ni Kanichihk. This is an extensive document containing discussion questions and planning exercises. "Our primary goal for sharing information reading and applying the TRC Report is to support non-Indigenous organizations in situating themselves in the context of ongoing oppressive systems and build the capacity of service providers who are interested in dismantling those systems."
- Education and the NCTRThis is the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation's information page for educators.
- For Teachers - Orange Shirt SocietyThis page includes printable handouts.
- From Apology to Reconciliation. A Manitoba Residential Schools Survivors Social Studies ProjectA guide for grades 9 - 11 social studies teachers. "This project is intended to encourage discussion and make progress on the path toward healing and reconciliation by providing Manitoba teachers and students with culturally appropriate resources regarding the treatment of Aboriginal people in the residential schools system."
- Project of the Heart - Resources"Project of Heart is an inquiry based, hands-on, collaborative, inter-generational, artistic journey of seeking truth about the history of Aboriginal people in Canada. Its purpose is to:
*Examine the history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools in Canada and to seek the truth about that history, leading to the acknowledgement of the extent of loss to former students, their families and communities
*Commemorate the lives of the thousands of Indigenous children who died as a result of the residential school experience.
*Call Canadians to action, through social justice endeavors, to change our present and future history collectively" - Beyond 94 - Truth and Reconciliation Resource Collection and Teachers' GuideProduced by the CBC, featuring a set of videos and an extensive teachers' guide about the Calls of Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and related themes.
- Education - Legacy of Hope FoundationSUMMARY: Page of resources for educators, including curriculum documents, activity guides, and more.