Today marks the beginning of Truth and Reconciliation Week across Canada in honour of the survivors of residential schools and the children who never returned home.听
Students in the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows 蜜桃传媒 District听will spend the week learning more about this history, through books, virtual events, and discussions.
Here is a list of resources and events being shared in the district to help people on their learning journey.听
Live Events:
- September 30: Memorial Peace Park, Maple Ridge (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come. The event will include shirt painting, drummers, bannock, community art pieces, activity tents, and an Elders’ hospitality ten.听
- October 1: McMillan Island Park, Fort Langley (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
- Kwantlen First Nation presents the first annual Salmon and Cranberry Harvest Celebration. The event will include vendors, cranberry bannock, cranberry frybread, and Salish drummers. Entrance is by donation and the celebrations will take place outdoors rain or shine.听
Virtual Events:
- September 30:听
- Designed for students in Grades 5 through 12, this virtual event provides an opportunity to learn first hand from Residential 蜜桃传媒 Survivors, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, artists and leaders from nations and cultures across the country. Educators can select the events they wish to livestream for their students and download free educational resources.
- Throughout the week:
- Select from the options listed on the website and register to participate in Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022.听
Books:
Elementary:
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- Amik Loves 蜜桃传媒, by Katherena Vermette
- When We Were Alone, by David Alexander Robertson (Quand on etait seul [FR])
- The Orange Shirt Story, by Phyllis Webstad (L鈥檋istoire du chandail orange听摆贵搁闭)
- Neekna and Chemai, by Jeannette C Armstrong
- As Long as the River Flows, by Larry Loyle (Tant que couleront les rivieres听摆贵搁闭)
- I Am Not a Number, by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathey Kacer (Je ne suis pas un num茅ro听摆贵搁闭)
- The Secret of the Dance, by Andrea Spalding
- I Lost My Talk, by Rita Joe
- Kookum鈥檚 Red Shoes, by Peter Eyvindsin
- Stolen Words, by Melanie Florence (Les mots vol茅s听摆贵搁闭)
- Shi-shi-etko,听by Nicola Campbell
- Shin-chi鈥檚 Canoe,听by Nicola Campbell (La pirogue de Shin-chi听摆贵搁闭)
- When I was Eight,听by Christy Jordan-Fenton
- Not My Girl, by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Middle Grades/Young Adult:
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- A Stranger at Home,听by Christy Jordan-Fenton听(Etr芒ng猫re chez moi听摆贵搁闭)
- Fatty Legs,听by Christy Jordan-Fenton (Les bas de pensionnat: une histoire vraie听摆贵搁闭)
- No Time to Say Goodbye: Children鈥檚 Stories of Kuper Island Residential 蜜桃传媒, by Sylvia Olsen
- My Name is Seepeetza,听by Shirley Sterling
- Righting Canada鈥檚 Wrongs: Residential 蜜桃传媒s,听by Melanie Florence
- Residential 蜜桃传媒s, With the Words and Images of Survivors, by Larry Loyle, Wayne K. Spear, Constance Brissenden
- Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation, by Monique Gray Smith
- Sugar Falls: A Residential 蜜桃传媒 Story, by David Alexander Robertson
- 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga, by David Alexander Robertson (7 G茅n茅rations听: R茅unit Pierre et Cicatrices听摆贵搁闭)
- This Place: 150 Years Retold, by David Alexander Robertson
- UNeducation, Vol 1: A Residential 蜜桃传媒 Graphic Novel听(PG), by Jason Eaglespeaker
Secondary/Adult:
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- Broken Circle, by Theodore Fontaine
- Finding My Talk: How 14 Canadian Native Women Reclaimed Their Lives After Residential 蜜桃传媒, by Agnes Grant (non-Indigenous Editor)
- From Bear Rock Mountain: Life and Times of a Den茅 Residential 蜜桃传媒 Survivor, by Antoine Mountain
- Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese
- Kiss of the Fur Queen, by Tomson Highway
- 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, by Gord Hill
- Mamaskatch, by Darrel J. McLeod
- The Education of Augie Merasty, by Joseph Auguste Merasty
- They Called Me Number One, by Bev Sellars
- UNeducation, Vol 1: Residential 蜜桃传媒 Graphic Novel (Uncut), by Jason Eaglespeaker
- Unsettling the Settler Within, by Paulette Reagan
- Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential 蜜桃传媒s, by Celia Haig-Brown
We also have Residential 蜜桃传媒 Kits available based on the听
With thanks to Rose Pillay for this extensive list of resources:
Online Resources:
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- Book is attached as a PDF.
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- National Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
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- Interactive resource that includes films, images, documents and much more.
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- A variety of lessons offered in both French and English for Kindergarten to Grade 12.
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- Interactive resources.
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- This PDF suggests videos, stories, whole school, and grade activities.
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- A phenomenal list curated by NVSD42 with lesson ideas and resources connected to the new BC curriculum from K-12
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- This art activity commemorates the legacy of residential schools.
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- Discusses the ongoing impact of colonialism on Indigenous communities through the use of story.
Don鈥檛 forget to wear your Orange Shirts on September 30th!