A collection of stories told by residential school survivors who attended school in the Province of Quebec. This is an online PDF resource.

This is the true story of Ernie George, an elderly man, hitching, on crutches, in 30 degree weather. When asked how many people had passed him, in the 6 hours that he had been there, he replied, “many”. We inquired why he was hitching 250km, and he explained that he needed to see a doctor about his crutches and bath seat that had not been delivered to him. When asked how he would be getting home, We were surprised to hear he would be hitching, so we offered him a ride. The next day, Ernie took us to the cemetery, where his Great Grandmother was buried. After the cemetery we visited the niece of Leon and Annie George. On our journey to Johnson Bay Landing Ernie told us many stories of his childhood. After showing us where his grandparents used to live we made our way home. The following morning, over breakfast, we asked if he would like to have his book published, as his story needed to be told. He agreed excitedly. You will be astonished at what Ernie went through in the Lejac Residential School. Avaliable as e-book.

Written testimonials from thirty-two individuals who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential school. The school was one of many infamous residential schools that operated from 1893 to 1979. The storytellers remember and share with us their stolen time at the school; many stories are told through courageous tears.

The Mush Hole: Life at Two Indian Residential Schools is the 500-plus page compilation of primary source documents about the Mohawk Institute and the Mount Elgin, two residential schools in Ontario. Anthropologist Elizabeth Graham worked for years compiling the documentation about the administration of the schools from the original writings of the ministers and staff of both schools, and the government records relating to individual students attending the schools. In addition to the historical records the author allows 60 voices from individual students to speak their truth about their experiences at residential school. The author allows her limited voice to set the stage about the original intent and purpose of the residential school system. The final section of the book allows the students to have the last words through the interviews. The value of this work is the copious amount of detail provided. The work includes black and white photographs, a bibliography, and extensive indexing identifying topics and most importantly the names of students and administrative staff. Highly recommended for families of survivors and those interested in learning from original sources.

A detailed study of the BC schools written by the provincial archivist of the Oblates; contains photos, first hand testimonies of former students and teachers, interesting suggestions for further research, and notes citing an extensive list of original sources

This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of "aggressive assimilation."

A comprehensive list of teaching resources, books, activities and Arcticles based on the themes of residential schools and reconciliation

Kwak waka’waka, Chaw-win-is Jeff Corntassel (Cherokee Natoin) is an Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor in the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria. His research and teaching interests include Indigenous political mobilization, self-determination movements and community-based approaches to truth-telling. This Article provides background information on residential schools in BC and Canada, but also discusses survivors’ perspectives on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement and the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee.

The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book is a powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006. Gord Hill spent two years unearthing images and researching historical information to create The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, which presents the story of Indigenous resistance in a far-reaching format. Other events depicted include the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Inca insurgency in Peru from the 1500s to the 1780s; Pontiac and the 1763 Rebellion & Royal Proclamation; Geronimo and the 1860s Seminole Wars; Crazy Horse and the 1877 War on the Plains; the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s; 1973's Wounded Knee; the Mohawk Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990; and the 1995 Aazhoodena/Stoney Point resistance. With strong, plain language and evocative illustrations, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book documents the fighting spirit and ongoing resistance of Indigenous peoples through 500 years of genocide, massacres, torture, rape, displacement, and assimilation: a necessary antidote to the conventional history of the Americas.

As a poet and citizen deeply concerned by the Oka Crisis, the Idle No More protests and Canada’s ongoing failure to resolve First Nations issues, Montreal author Mark Abley has long been haunted by the figure of Duncan Campbell Scott, known both as the architect of Canada’s most destructive policies and as one of the nation’s major poets. Who was this enigmatic figure who could compose a sonnet to an “Onondaga Madonna” one moment and promote a “final solution” to the “Indian problem” the next? In this passionate, intelligent and highly readable enquiry into the state of Canada’s troubled relations with Indigenous peoples, Abley alternates between analysis of current events and an imagined debate with the spirit of Duncan Campbell Scott, whose defence of the Indian Residential School and belief in assimilation illuminate the historical roots underlying today’s First Nations’ struggles.