Online Truth and Reconciliation Resources

What is Reconciliation? video

Justice Murray Sinclair, former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 

2:55

1:21 What Reconciliation Really Means

#MyReconciliationIncludes 

CBC News


Every Child Matters: Truth - Act 1 46:31

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Grades 5 - 12

Every Child Matters: Reconciliation - Act 2          48:38

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Grades 5 - 12

5:39 video timeline of Residential Schools in Canada 

Middle Years/Secondary

Where Are The Children Bilingual Resources: Timeline, Stories, Resources 

Middle Years/Secondary

1:07 video of Residential Schools in Canada - script without narration

Middle Years/Secondary

Extensive resources: timelines, maps, stories, video links, reconciliation projects

Middle Years/Secondary

Contact Indigenous Perspectives team for tile kit

Supporting Reconciliation in SK   Schools  (extensive resources)

All Grades

3:12 Monster (Powerful Poetry Reading)

Dennis Saddleman

Shattering the Silence: Interactive e-book that reveals the history of Residential Schools in SK

Middle Years/Secondary

Canadian Art article

Link to examples of art with a powerful message for students to reflect on (preview first)

"The Stranger" Official Video - Gord Downie - Secret Path

60:00 - Secret Path - Gord Downie

Secret Path Lesson Plans for Early Years, Middle Years & Secondary

Bilingual Resource

MB Teachers' Society

Interview: Mapping the Displacement of 60s Scoop Adoptees (article)

Canadian Geographic

Secondary

11:00 Heart Speak - Shannen's Dream (how one student can make a difference)

Middle Years/Secondary

You Hold Me Up 

Read aloud by Author Monique Gray Smith

Early Years

6:05 Shi-Shi-Etko video

Based on children's book, Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola I. Campbell

1:41 We Were Children Trailer 

Secondary - preview first

Full video can be accessed through the National Film Board - Create free account with school email

You Hold Me Up 

- Author's Note (the story behind the book)

Early Years

Podcast Series - First Nations Experiences; Métis Experiences;   Inuit Experiences

Middle Years/Secondary

Voices From Here: Wes FineDay

11:45 - end  - shares his personal residential school experience

Secondary

Residential Schools Education Guide -  Historica Canada 

Bilingual Resource

Middle Years

CBC Kids: What is Orange Shirt Day?

Has videos & brief history of residential schools in Canada

Primary Grades +

Indian Residential Schools & RECONCILIATION

Teacher's Resource Guide

for Grade 5

Indian Residential Schools & RECONCILIATION

Teacher's Resource Guide

for Grade  10