Mary Fisher has not had an easy life. Forced into a residential institute after the death of her mother, she and her siblings suffer appalling abuse and neglect. While many around her languish, Mary grows stronger. A precocious child, Mary matures into a resilient woman with a kind heart and quick smile that endears her to everyone she meets and two men in pArcticular: Gmiwan, a sensitive artist whom she will one day marry, and Tom Dunsby, the mayor of Jackson, whose love can never be acknowledged. When Gmiwan goes off to war, Mary struggles to raise her young son alone during the Depression.

Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father’s warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders’ school to learn. Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by stunning illustrations, When I Was Eight makes the bestselling Fatty Legs accessible to younger readers. Now they, too, can meet this remarkable girl who reminds us what power we hold when we can read. Published in Canada by Annick Press *Best Books for Kids and Teens, starred selection, Canadian Children’s Book Centre; Recommended Reads List, Canadian Toy Testing Council; 2017 TD Summer Reading Club Recommended Reads List; Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize finalist; Cybils Award nomination

In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.

This graphic novel is unique in its composition. It comes in two versions, a PG Version and an Uncut version. The two versions are essentially identical, but the Uncut version has additional details that are more gritty, including a chapter titled “The Cycle”, which charts the impacts of sexual abuse at the hands of a residential school priest on an Indigenous man. This graphic novel contains a complete story depicting the realities of the residential school experience; however, it includes newspaper clippings and select quotations which add depth and context to the story. While the facts and the concepts in the story make it easily accessible to readers of a young age, the PG Version is recommended for teens in grades 8 to 10, and the Uncut Version to teens in grades 11 and up due to the mature subject matter and the graphic depictions of violence and sexual abuse. This book, in both versions, includes a formal “Foreword” and a “Preface” that help situate this work in relation to large political movements.

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."

This book focuses on the recurring struggle over the meaning of the Anglican Church’s role in the Indian residential schools--a long-running school system designed to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture, in which sexual, psychological, and physical abuse were common. From the end of the nineteenth century until the outset of twenty-first century, the meaning of the Indian residential schools underwent a protracted transformation. Once a symbol of the Church’s sacred mission to Christianize and civilize Indigenous children, they are now associated with colonialism and suffering. In bringing this transformation to light, the book addresses why the Church was so quick to become involved in the Indian residential schools and why acknowledgment of their deleterious impact was so protracted. In doing so, the book adds to our understanding of the sociological process by which perpetrators come to recognize themselves as such.

At ninety years of age, Elinor, a Saskatchewan Cree artist, inveterate roll-your-own smoker, and talker to rivers and stuffed bison, sets out to find something that was stolen almost a lifetime ago. With what little time she has left, she is determined to find the child taken from her when she, only a child herself, survived sexual abuse at a residential school.

Speaking Our Truth, Podcast for Change is an original podcast involving a collection of voices that aim to expose and end violence against Indigenous women and girls. Podcasters also cover other subjects like removal of cultural icons of colonization and genocide; land acknowledgements; legislation having to do with Indigenous Peoples, and more.

An Indigenous healing journey to find peace, strength and a good mind. A quest of empowerment, self-care and coping with complex emotions. A spiritual awakening and a deeper understanding of purpose. Eahwahewi’ is a survivor of violence, abuse and sexual assault – this is her story.

This book examines the history of the Indian Residential Schools established in Canada and the effects of colonial education on contemporary native cultures. The book recounts the history of colonialism in North America and the foundational beliefs that provided the underpinnings for the creation of the residential system. The author dedicates three chapters to the description of health, infrastructure and academic deficiencies that plagued the system, as well as the abuse of residential school students and the consequent long-term damage they experienced. In closing, Grant offers a perspective on the future of political and educational efforts being made to restore and maintain native culture.