The following resources were complied by members of the Racial Equity Community of Practice, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Sept 30), Accountability Circle. The resources are available for public access. Hand to heart to those members for compiling this list and for their continued work on mobilizing these opportunities for community!
Returning to Spirit Reconciliation Workshops
Residential Schools Atlas • Learn more about residential school survivors and locations
The On Canada Project • Settlers Take Action
Reconciliation Canada • Speakers, Learning Sessions & more
Legacy of Hope Foundation • Donate & learn more about residential schools
Indian Residential School Survivors Society • Donate & learn more about residential schools
Calgary Public Library, Indigenous Peoples Atlas • Bilingual resource to find maps of Canada, information about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a glossary of Indigenous terms, contemporary and historical photography, and more
Yellowhead Institute • 2020 report on implementation of TRC recommendations. See the progress on the 94 TC calls to action (spoiler alert, only 8 have been implemented)
Calgary Foundation • Treaty 7 Indigenous Ally Toolkit
Call for a National Day of Mourning for the Lost Children of Residential School • Petition
AHS LGBTQ2S+ • Health Resource
AHS Indigenous Health • Health Resource
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
White Goose Flying • A Report to Calgary City Council on the Indian Residential School
Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 2016
Beyond Red Dress Day: Seven calls to action for Indigenous allies
A Path to Reconciliation
Non-Indigenous people • Here’s what you can do right now
Building a Culture of Accountability
This is What Racism Looks Like
Nothing About Us Without Us: Seven Principles for Leadership & Inclusion of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness
How to share information and stories about trans and gender-diverse people in an accurate and respectful way
The 519’s Glossary of Terms, facilitating shared understandings around equity, diversity, inclusion and awareness
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir by David Carpenter &
Joseph Auguste Merasty
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev
Sellars
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by
Thomas King
A Knock on the Door by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
When We’re Alone by David Alexander Robertson
Secret Path by Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire
Speaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith
Shi-shi-etko by Nicola I. Campbell
Shin-chi’s Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell
No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of Kuper Island Residential School by Sylvia
Olsen
As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie & Constance Brissenden
As Long as the Rivers Flow by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis & Kathy Kacer
The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
The Secret Life of Canada • Season 2: The Indian Act
Good Ancestor Podcast • Conversations with Change-Makers & Culture-Shapers
Colour Code • Episode 11: Your Turn
The Small Nonprofit Podcast • Dismantling Tokenism with Trish Mandewo
The Good Partnership • Sharing Responsibility for Decolonization with Tim Fox
This resource guide was compiled with contributions from:
Ebony Rempel | ebony@vwcabanff.ca
Tara Horsley | tara.horsley@kindred.ca
Amy Bourque | amy@emmahouse.ca
Christy Repchuk | christy.repchuk@calgary.ymca.ca
Magdalenaak Muir | magdalenaakmuir@gmail.com
Chantal Vitalis | chantal@calqaryfolkfest.com
Sarelle Azuelos I sarelle@vibrantcalaarv.com
