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How well do Canadians know Indigenous history? What role did treaties play in forming our country? Are the stories told through truth and reconciliation changing our understanding of Canadian history?
This video is from the CBC live, interactive roundtable of Indigenous community leaders, educators and advocates. Moderated by award-winning journalist Duncan McCue, host of Cross Country Checkup on CBC Radio. Moderator Duncan McCue... Panelists: Ry Moran Director, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) Cynthia Wesley-Eskuimaux Indigenous Chair on Truth and Reconciliation, Lakehead University Eldon Yellowhorn Archeologist, Chair of First Nations Studies, Simon Fraser University Follow this link to CBC and scroll down after the video to see the reading list. |
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin - May 7, 2018
"The Indian Act Explained" Since 1876, the Indian Act has structured the relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples with profound repercussions. And though the act is well known, its detailed contents may not be. The Agenda welcomes Bob Joseph, founder of Indigenous Corporate Training, a firm specializing in cultural relations instruction, to discuss his book, "21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality." |
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The Church &
Indigenous Peoples in the Americas November 4, 2016 DePaul University, Chicago 2 -Focus on Canada Sr. Eva Solomon, CSJ Director of Building Bridges Project (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie, OMI Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin View on YouTube and note in the right margin the other 7 of 8 videos from this conference. |
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This link takes you to the description of the video series
20 hour on-line course Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions. |
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EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Parry Art and Design A short timeline of the Canadian Residential School system and its lasting effects of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. Feel free to use this video in Secondary School classrooms as there is some serious content inappropriate for Elementary level students. Commissioned by the Niagara Catholic District School Board. |
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September 30th - "Orange Shirt Day"
Orange Shirt day is an annual event held each September 30th in remembrance of the Canadian Residential School system and the impact of this government policy on First Nations. Phyllis Webstad presents her memories of Residential schools and the meaning of Orange Shirt Day. Read more: https://ourladyofguadalupecircle.ca/2020/09/30/be-part-of-orange-shirt-day/ https://www.orangeshirtday.org/about-us.html |
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Every Child Matters: Reconciliation - Act Two Read more: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation |
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THE DAY OF APPOLOGY - June 11, 2008 The then Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, offered a formal apology to former students of the Indian Residential Schools System. |
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Sullivan + Associates Clinical Psychology
- Thunder Bay, Ontario This video is an introductory video in our Indigenous Mental Health series, as voiced by Jasmine Peterson, a Psychological Associate at Sullivan + Associates Clinical Psychology, and a woman of Indigenous descent. It explores some of the root causes of the pervasive mental health concerns in Indigenous populations and communities. Specifically, there is discussion about intergenerational trauma and the impacts of colonial contact and colonization on the First Peoples of Turtle Island. Many of the issues Indigenous people face today are a direct result of these early experiences – experiences that might not be their own but those of their ancestors. |
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Prayer of a white settler on
National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21, 2020
from Shannon Neufeldt
Creator God,
I come to you with a humble heart,
So grateful for Your creation,
this place I am in.
The land is full of Your glory this solstice day.
Sunlight sparkles on fresh green leaves.
Bees buzz as trees burst into bloom.
Even as dew collects on dandelion leaves,
Or raindrops gather in boiling thunderclouds,
A morning sip of lifegiving water deepens my gratitude
for the life that teams across Turtle Island.
O Creator, perfect Host,
Your care and compassion were, and are,
echoed in the generous hospitality
of the original peoples - Indigenous peoples.
But the reciprocal relationships of host and guest
have been shattered.
And the pain continues.
For the death and destruction, I pour out my sorrow in lamentations.
It is for the sins of my own heart that I seek forgiveness.
Cleanse me of the thoughts and emotions
that keep those relationships from healing -
wash away the toxic entitlement, prejudiced assumptions, defensive disinterest.
O Creator, faithful Guide,
Show me the path towards right relations,
Shape not only my words and deeds,
but even more, my reactions and thoughts.
Open my heart to the wonder, the beauty, the gifts
of the person next to me,
the protester on the news,
the culture so different from my own.
Expose my racism,
Root out my deep-seated fear of change,
That I may be healed within,
even as I try to be part of the healing of Your world.
Amen.
National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21, 2020
from Shannon Neufeldt
Creator God,
I come to you with a humble heart,
So grateful for Your creation,
this place I am in.
The land is full of Your glory this solstice day.
Sunlight sparkles on fresh green leaves.
Bees buzz as trees burst into bloom.
Even as dew collects on dandelion leaves,
Or raindrops gather in boiling thunderclouds,
A morning sip of lifegiving water deepens my gratitude
for the life that teams across Turtle Island.
O Creator, perfect Host,
Your care and compassion were, and are,
echoed in the generous hospitality
of the original peoples - Indigenous peoples.
But the reciprocal relationships of host and guest
have been shattered.
And the pain continues.
For the death and destruction, I pour out my sorrow in lamentations.
It is for the sins of my own heart that I seek forgiveness.
Cleanse me of the thoughts and emotions
that keep those relationships from healing -
wash away the toxic entitlement, prejudiced assumptions, defensive disinterest.
O Creator, faithful Guide,
Show me the path towards right relations,
Shape not only my words and deeds,
but even more, my reactions and thoughts.
Open my heart to the wonder, the beauty, the gifts
of the person next to me,
the protester on the news,
the culture so different from my own.
Expose my racism,
Root out my deep-seated fear of change,
That I may be healed within,
even as I try to be part of the healing of Your world.
Amen.
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KAIROS -Canada - MISSION STATEMENT We are Indigenous, settlers and newcomers in Canada working with people of faith or conscience all over the world for ecological justice and human rights. KAIROS… Faithful action for justice and peace |
CBC MASSEY LECTURES
The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures:
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward
CBC Radio · November 2018
In her 2018 CBC Massey Lectures series, titled All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, prize-winning journalist Tanya Talaga (author of Seven Fallen Feathers) explores the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples.
For Talaga, that cultural genocide has led to a forced disconnection from land and language by Indigenous peoples. The need now, she says, is for Indigenous self-determination in social, cultural and political arenas.
Many communities, in Canada and abroad, are finding that the road back to a relationship with land and language are keys to community healing — to what, in fact, it means to be Indigenous.
These are lectures about values for our times, and for all of us.
The book version of the lectures is published by House of Anansi Press.
The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures:
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward
CBC Radio · November 2018
In her 2018 CBC Massey Lectures series, titled All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, prize-winning journalist Tanya Talaga (author of Seven Fallen Feathers) explores the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples.
For Talaga, that cultural genocide has led to a forced disconnection from land and language by Indigenous peoples. The need now, she says, is for Indigenous self-determination in social, cultural and political arenas.
Many communities, in Canada and abroad, are finding that the road back to a relationship with land and language are keys to community healing — to what, in fact, it means to be Indigenous.
These are lectures about values for our times, and for all of us.
The book version of the lectures is published by House of Anansi Press.
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