National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Adult)

Updated March 31, 2025
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Who we are : four questions for a life and a nation
Sinclair, Murray
Paper Book
For decades, Senator Sinclair has fearlessly educated Canadians about the painful truths of our history. He was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba, and only the second Indigenous judge in Canadian history. He was the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and remains one of the...
Reconciliation & Indigenous justice : a search for ways forward
Milward, David Leo
Paper Book
The horrors of the Indian residential schools are by now well-known historical facts, and they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence and the struggles of survivors for redress resulted in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which...
Fragments of truth : residential schools and the challenge of reconciliation in Canada
Angel, Naomi
Paper Book
In 2008, the Canadian government established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to review the history of the residential school system, a brutal colonial project that killed and injured many Indigenous children and left a legacy of trauma and pain. In Fragments of Truth Naomi Angel...
Namwayut : we are all one : a pathway to reconciliation
Joseph, Robert
Paper Book
BC and Yukon Book Prizes, Winner of the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award, 2023 We all share a common humanity. No matter how long or difficult the path ahead, we are all one. Reconciliation belongs to everyone. In this profound book, Chief Robert...
Di-bayn-di-zi-win to own ourselves : embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe ways
Fontaine, Jerry
Paper Book
A collaboration exploring the importance of the Ojibway-Anishinabe worldview, use of ceremony, and language in living a good life, attaining true reconciliation, and resisting the notions of indigenization and colonialization inherent in Western institutions. ...
Truth and reconciliation in Canadian schools
Toulouse, Pamela Rose.
Paper Book
In this book, author Pamela Rose Toulouse provides current information, personal insights, authentic resources, interactive strategies and lesson plans that support Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners in the classroom. This book is for all teachers that are looking for ways to...
21 things you may not know about the Indian Act : helping Canadians make reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a reality
Joseph, Robert (Bob) P. C.
Paper Book
Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has dictated and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph's book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous...
Canada's Residential Schools: Reconciliation: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 6
Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada
Paper Book
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to "civilize and Christianize" Aboriginal children, it was necessary to separate them from their parents and...
Broken circle : the dark legacy of Indian residential schools
Fontaine, Theodore
Paper Book
A new commemorative edition of Theodore Fontaine's powerful, groundbreaking memoir of survival and healing after years of residential school abuse. Originally published in 2010, Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools chronicles the impact of Theodore...
The fire still burns : life in and after residential school
George, Sam
Paper Book
Sam George's harrowing account of surviving Canada's Indian Residential School system. "My name is Sam George. In spite of everything that happened to me, by the grace of the Creator, I have lived to be an Elder." Set in the Vancouver area...
Nii Ndahlohke: Boys' and Girls' Work at Mount Elgin Industrial School, 1890-1915
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan
Paper Book
This book takes its title from the phrase for "I work" in Lunaape, the traditional language of Munsee Delaware people, and was inspired by the work of the Munsee Delaware Language and History Group. Written for the descendants and communities of children who attended Mount Elgin and intended as a...
The knowing
Talaga, Tanya
Paper Book
From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers, comes a riveting exploration of her family's story and a retelling of the history of the country we now call Canada For generations, Indigenous People have known that their family members...
Tsqelmucwílc: The Kamloops Indian Residential School―Resistance and a Reckoning
Celia Haig-Brown
Paper Book
In May 2021, the world was shocked by news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetrating radar confirmed the vestiges of children as young as three on this site of the infamous...
Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket
Newman, Carey
Paper Book
"Will educate and enlighten Canadians for generations to come. It's a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Canada's residential-school saga. Most importantly, it's a touchstone of community for those survivors and their families still on the path to healing."--Waubgeshig Rice, journalist...
From Bear Rock Mountain : the life and times of a Dene residential school survivor
Mountain, Antoine
Paper Book
In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near Radelie Koe (Fort Good Hope) in the Northwest Territories just south of the Arctic Circle. At the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from his home and sent to a residential school--run by the Roman Catholic Church in collusion with...
Beyond the orange shirt story : a collection of stories from family and friends of Phyllis Webstad before, during, and after their residential school experiences
Webstad, Phyllis
Paper Book
Beyond the Orange Shirt Story is a unique collection of truths, as told by Phyllis Webstad's family and others, that will give readers an up-close look at what life was like before, during, and after their Residential School experiences. In this book, Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors share...
Inconvenient SkinNayêhtâwan Wasakay
Kwandibens, Nadya
Paper Book
Key Selling Points The author is well known for his anti-bullying poem "To This Day" which has over 24 million views on YouTube. Inconvenient Skin has been nominated for the CODE Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature.
Kâ-Pî-isi-kiskisiyânthe Way I Remember
Ratt, Solomon
Paper Book
A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family's traditional stories. When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education was interrupted by his schooling. Torn from his family at the...
The reason you walk
Kinew, Wab
Other
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Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
Sinclair, Niigaan
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Winner of the 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of 2024 by Audible, Spotify, and Winnipeg Free Press * One of CBC's Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2024 From ground zero of this country's most...
True reconciliation : how to be a force for change
Wilson-Raybould, Jody
Paper Book
There is one question Canadians have asked Jody Wilson-Raybould more than any other: What can I do to help advance reconciliation? This has been true from her time as a leader of British Columbia's First Nations, as a Member of Parliament, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General,...
All the quiet places
Isaac, Brian Thomas
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner of the 2022 Indigenous Voices Awards' Published Prose in English Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award Longlisted...
Valley of the Birdtail : an Indian reserve, a white town, and the road to reconciliation
Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo
Paper Book
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner - 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize Winner - 2023 John W. Dafoe Book Prize Winner - 2023 High Plains Book Award for Indigenous Writer Winner - 2022 Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Book Award for Local...
Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories
Peters, Amanda
Paper Book
National Bestseller An intimate and personal debut collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers. The stories in Waiting for the Long Night Moon explore the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place--from contact with...
Wabanang, Daughter of the Stars: An Anishinaabe Novel
Montgomery, Judi
Paper Book
In the winter of 1876, a baby is born to Anishinaabe parents along the trapline in the northern Ontario wilderness. Seventy five years later, her granddaughter is seeking information about her grandmother's life, why her family is so fractured, and what part the residential school played in the...
Going back home
Hess, Marie
Paper Book
Written by a Mohawk Institute Residential School survivor, this is a fierce and candid story that reveals the heartbreaking trauma of that tragic time in our history. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools confinements has affected Indigenous communities over...
Five little Indians
Good, Michelle
Paper Book
WINNER: Canada Reads 2022 WINNER: Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction WINNER: Amazon First Novel Award WINNER: Kobo Emerging Author Prize  Finalist: Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize Finalist: BC & Yukon...
Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities
Seesequasis, Paul
Paper Book
A revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project. In 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself...
Nishga
Abel, Jordan
Paper Book
WINNER of the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize at the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes From Griffin Poetry Prize winner Jordan Abel comes a groundbreaking, deeply personal, and devastating autobiographical meditation that attempts to address the complicated legacies of Canada's...
Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history
Metatawabin, Edmund
Ebook
A powerful, raw yet eloquent memoir from a residential school survivor and former First Nations Chief, Up Ghost River is a necessary step toward our collective healing. In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's...
Canada's Residential Schools : The Final Report Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission Of Canada
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Ebook
Indigenous Relations : Insights, Tips and Suggestions to Make Reconciliations a Reality
JOSEPH, B. O. B.
Ebook
From Truth comes reconciliation
Clifton, Rodney A. ; DeWolf, Mark
Paper Book
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
Good, Michelle
Ebook
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER High Plains Book Award FINALIST for the Writers' Trust Balsillie Prize for Public Policy FINALIST for the Indigenous Voices Award Longlisted for the First Nation Communities READ A bold, provocative collection of essays exploring...

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