Indigenous Food Systems Network
The Indigenous Food Systems Network Website was developed by the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) and is designed to allow individuals and groups involved with Indigenous food related action, research, and policy reform to network and share relevant resources and information.
Canadian Encyclopaedia: Residential Schools
This entry in the Canadian Encyclopaedia online provides a concise overview of the history of residential schools in Canada, highlighting their function as institutions of assimilation, the unfit living conditions that students endured, and the lasting damages that this form of schooling has caused.
These learning resources are designed to help Grade Ten students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aborginal people over Canada’s history. They are for the instruction of youth from all cultural backgrounds, not just Aboriginal students.
These Indian Residential Schools learning resources are designed to use an inquiry approach to provide students in a number of Grade 11 and 12 courses with an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.
This webpage provides resources to use when looking at the history of the Indian Residential School system in Canada.
This speech delivered by the Prime Minister of Canada formally acknowledges and apologizes for the residential school history of Canada and the aggressive assimilative strategies that the government employed.