"Every child matters, including you and me. With our orange hearts, we walk in harmony." As a young child, your little world can be full of big feelings. In this book, I, Phyllis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Day, show how sharing my...
Reconciliation
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Author:Webstad, PhyllisSummary: -
Author:Murray, GeorgeSummary:Poetry that explores how accidental voyeurism can force reconsideration and reconciliation
White⋅out: n. a surface condition … in which no object casts a shadow, the horizon cannot be seen, and only dark objects...
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Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:Two honest and memorable middle-grade novellas on residential schools and reconciliation. The novellas will be bound together in a "flip-book" format, which offers the intended audiences two important perspectives in one package.
- Author:Keeptwo, SuzanneSummary:
Land Acknowledgements often begin academic conferences, cultural events, government press conferences, and even hockey games. They are supposed to be an act of Reconciliation between Indigenous people in Canada and non-Indigenous...
- Author:Chrona, JoSummary:
With over two decades' experience in Indigenous education, author Jo Chrona encourages readers to challenge assumptions, reflect on their own experiences, and envision a more equitable education system for all. This powerful and...
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Author:Regan, PauletteSummary:"In 2008, Canada established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to mend the deep rifts between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society that created Canada's notorious residential school system. Unsettling the Settler Within argues...
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Author:Regan, Paulette, Alfred, TaiaiakeSummary:In 2008, Canada established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to mend the deep rifts between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society that created Canada's notorious residential school system. Unsettling the Settler Within argues...
- Author:Wente, JesseSummary:
Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples. Jesse Wente...
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Author:Taylor, JaneSummary:"Ubu and the Truth Commission" is the full play text of a multi-dimensional theatre piece that tries to make sense of the madness that overtook South Africa during apartheid.
- Author:Good, MichelleSummary:
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. FINALIST for the Writers' Trust Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. A bold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada. With authority and insight,...
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Author:Chafe, RickSummary:This heartwarming and often hilarious play tells the story of Ernie and George, an estranged father and son who are reunited when a debilitating stroke leaves Ernie with a speech disorder and memory loss. While George is undeniably hurt...
- Author:Van Camp, Richard, Gray Smith, Monique, Gear, AlisonSummary:
From award-winning authors Richard Van Camp and Monique Gray Smith come two honest and memorable middle-grade novellas on residential schools and reconciliation. The novellas will be bound together in a 'flip-book' format, which offers...
- Author:Trigiani, AdrianaSummary:
From Adriana Trigiani, "a master of visual and palpable detail" (The Washington Post Matelda, the Cabrelli family's matriarch, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is...
- Author:Bailey, OsterSummary:
This book is a collection of stories about culture, history, and nationhood as told by Métis women. The Métis are known by many names — Otipemisiwak, "the people who own ourselves;" Bois Brules, "Burnt Wood;" Apeetogosan, "half...
- Author:McIvor, BruceSummary:
Faced with a constant stream of news reports of standoffs and confrontations, Canada's "reconciliation project" has obviously gone off the rails. In this series of concise and thoughtful essays, lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor...
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Author:Gray Smith, MoniqueSummary:Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship...
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Author:Alexander, Kwame, Hess, Mary RandSummary:New York Timesbestseller! Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be...
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Author:Knox, MichaelSummary:Play Out the Match, Michael Knox's first published collection of poetry, is also an extended meditation on the idea of reconciliation. Vivid and lyrical, the poems make use of various voices, speakers, and landscapes to explore...
- Author:Henry, EmilySummary:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last...
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Author:Marback, Richard C.Summary:In Managing Vulnerability, Richard C. Marback analyzes the tension surrounding the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa through a rhetorical lens. Marback studies the heart of South Africa’s desire for reconciliation...
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