The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed annually on September 30th to honour Residential School Survivors and their families, and to remember those who did not make it. The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes. We invite you to listen with open ears to the stories of survivors and their families. Browse through REDI’s recommended readings in preparation for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Featured Book
We highly recommend reading Who We Are: Four Questions For a Life and a Nation by Justice Murray Sinclair, which intertwines his journey as a judge, senator, and Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with his personal story and the broader story of reconciliation in Canada.
A Narrow Vision: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada
by E. Brian Title
Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
by Michel-Ralph Trouillot
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada
by Michelle Good
Dying to Please You: Indigenous Suicide in Contemporary Canada
by Roland D. Chrisjohn and Shaunessy M. McKay, with Andrea O. Smith
Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi’kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
by Isabelle Knockwood
The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada (Revised Edition)
by Roland Chrisjohn and Sherri Young, with Michael Maraun
Valley of the Bird Tail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
by Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson
Five Little Indians
by Michelle Good
Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School
by Celia Haig-Brown
The Land We Are
by Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, & Sophie McCall Land
