Are you looking for ways to work towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians? Here’s the start of a Faith Today list of resources, compiled in conjunction with our special package of reconciliation articles in our Jan/Feb 2018 issue. Not all are Christian in orientation, but all are certainly thought-provoking. To suggest additional resources or corrections for this list, email us at editor@faithtoday.ca.
Are you looking for ways to work towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians? Here’s the start of a Faith Today list of resources, compiled in conjunction with our special package of reconciliation articles in our Jan/Feb 2018 issue. Not all are Christian in orientation, but all are certainly thought-provoking. To suggest additional resources or corrections for this list, email us at editor@faithtoday.ca.
150 Acts of Reconciliation, a list of suggestions for everyday reconciliation put together by two University of Alberta researchers
Anglican Journal Archives include many tagged “residential schools” as well as a section of webpages called “Residential Schools Histories”
Beyond 94. A new CBC interactive website monitoring progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. As of March 2018, just 10 out of the 94 Calls to Action have been completed.
Canada’s Residential Schools uses Google Earth Voyager and materials from Canadian Geographic to explain why the schools were built, what attending was like for Indigenous children, the aftereffects and how residential school survivors are working to move forward
Church Responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, a Faith Today blog post from 2016.
Circles for Reconciliation, led by Raymond Currie of Winnipeg, offers a good list of practical resources
CommonWord Bookstore and Resource Centre, a collaboration of Mennonite Church Canada and Canadian Mennonite University, has published excellent curriculum materials on Indigenous-Settler Relations
Indigenous Reconciliation Group, led by Rose LeMay of Ottawa, offers a good list of practical resources
Reconciliation Canada has produced a variety of resources including a 2017 survey report on The Canadian Reconciliation Landscape and a series of Community Action Tool-kits
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada links to nine major Educational Resources and 11 on Reconciliation, including many church apologies