Bøger i Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation serien

Published in collaboration with the National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation, this book gathers material from the several reports the TRC has produced to present the essential history and legacy of residential schools in a concise and accessible package.

Recognising that reconciliation is not only an ultimate goal, but a decolonizing process of journeying in ways that embody everyday acts of resistance, resurgence, and solidarity, coupled with renewed commitments to justice, dialogue, and relationship-building, Pathways of Reconciliation helps readers find their way forward.

In June 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action that urged reform of policies and programs to repair the harms caused by the Indian Residential Schools. This book is a response to Call to Action 6 - the call to repeal Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code, which justifies the corporal punishment of children.

Examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. The book assesses the Commission's influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future.

The essays in Pathways of Reconciliation address the themes of reframing, learning and healing, researching, and living. They engage with different approaches to reconciliation (within a variety of reconciliation frameworks, either explicit or implicit) and illustrate the complexities of the reconciliation process itself.

In June 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action that urged reform of policies and programs to repair the harms caused by the Indian Residential Schools. This book is a response to Call to Action 6 - the call to repeal Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code, which justifies the corporal punishment of children.

Looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. The book assesses the Commission's influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future.

The Assiniboia school was the first residential high school in Manitoba. Stitching together memories with a socio-historical reconstruction of the school and its position in both Winnipeg and the larger residential school system, this book offers a glimpse of Assiniboia that is not available in the archival records.