residential schools

In the media – Sharing stories about the history of residential schools and reconciliation

Professor Celia Haig-Brown shares her collaborators’ stories of their experiences of residential schools and reconciliation…

In the media: 1980s book on residential school experiences was rejected by first publisher who didn’t believe it

Celia Haig-Brown’s book Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School was one of the first texts to describe the experiences of residential school survivors from their perspectives, particularly those who had been forced to attend the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Fear and discomfort shouldn’t block anti-racism efforts in schools

Addressing racism in the classroom requires educators to ask hard questions of themselves, white discomfort, and the discarding of old traditions.

In the media: How to teach young children about Canada’s history with residential schools

How early is too early to explain the complicated history of Canada and its treatment of Indigenous people? York University professor Susan Dion explains how Indigenous history can be taught in primary school.