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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day: Resources

From the Government of Canada:

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. 

September 30 is also Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of “Every Child Matters”. The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.

Here is a selection of resources where you can learn, reflect, and participate in the journey towards reconciliation. You can also find more resources through Library Search.

For details on Seneca Polytechnic events, please visit MySeneca.

 Books: Truth and Reconciliation
 Books: Residential Schools
I Am Not a Number
Mamaskatch
Sugar Falls
The Witness Blanket
A Knock on the Door
Fatty Legs
They Called Me Number One
Tsqelmucwílc : the Kamloops Indian Residential School--resistance and a reckoning
 Streaming Videos
Indian Horse
We were children
Muffins for Granny
The Secret Path
Holy Angels
Returning Home
My Story: Joseph Metatawabin Jr
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
 More Resources

 

Related Library Subject Guide: Indigenous Studies Resources

 

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