From truth to reconciliation
Subtitle: transforming the legacy of residential schools
By: prepared for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation by Marlene Brant Castellano, Linda Archibald, Mike DeGagné
Contributors: Archibald, Linda; DeGagné, Mike; Aboriginal Healing Foundation (Canada)
Series: Aboriginal Healing Foundation research series; Aboriginal Healing Foundation research series
Publisher: Aboriginal Healing Foundation=Fondation autochtone de guérison
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781897285596; 9781897285619
Subjects: Adult child abuse victims; Biography; Indigenous children; Abuse of; History; Reconciliation; Truth commissions; Restorative justice; Indigenous peoples; Residential schools; Native peoples; Education; Native children; Cultural assimilation; Internats pour autochtones; Autochtones; Éducation; Histoire; Violence envers les enfants autochtones; Acculturation; Enfants maltraités devenus adultes; Biographies; Réconciliation; Commissions vérité et réconciliation; Justice réparatrice
Description: "The legacy of residential schools has weighed heavily on the lives and wellbeing of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals and communities for generations. The Settlement Agreement endorsed by Survivors, churches, and the Government of Canada signals a shared commitment to create a more harmonious, mutually respectful future."
Notes: Issued also in French under title: De la vérité à la réconciliation : transformer l'héritage des pensionnats.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Confession of a born again pagan  -- Fred Kelly; title: Reconciliation in the context of a settler society : healing the legacy of colonialism in Canada  -- Brian Rice and Anna Snyder; title: A condensed timeline of events --; title: A Métis perspective on truth and reconciliation  -- Tricia Logan; title: Reconciliation or conciliation? : an Inuit perspective  -- John Amagoalik; title: Expanding the dialogue on truth and reconciliation--in a good way  -- Stan McKay; title: Legacy of residential schools : missing and murdered Aboriginal women  -- Beverley Jacobs and Andrea J. Williams; title: Telling truths and seeking reconciliation : exploring the challenges  -- Rupert Ross; title: Reconciliation means not saying sorry twice : lessons from child welfare in Canada  -- Cindy Blackstock; title: A survivor reflects on resilience  -- Madeleine Dion-Stout; title: Bridging the gap between truth and reconciliation : restorative justice and the Indian residential schools truth and reconciliation commission  -- Jennifer L. Llewellyn; title: A jade door : reconciliatory justice as a way forward : citing New Zealand experience  -- Robert Andrew Joseph; title: Reconciliation possible? : reparations essential  -- Bradford W. Morse; title: Reconciliation : a non-Indigenous Australian perspective  -- John Bond; title: Reconciliation : an Indigenous Australian perspective  -- Debra Hocking; title: Speaking my truth : the journey to reconciliation  -- Garnet Angeconeb with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm; title: Perspective on reconciliation from an Inuk youth  -- David Joanasie; title: Decolonizing education : a building block for reconciliation  -- William Julius Mussell; title: Call to the churches : "You shall be called repairer of the breach"  -- David MacDonald; title: Reconciliation : a spiritual process  -- Maggie Hodgson; title: A holistic approach to reconciliation : insights from research of the Aboriginal Health Foundation -- Marlene Brant Castellano.