RESOURCES
Book
This 189 pg book includes the full interview transcripts of all eight Survivors. The book is out of print but can be downloaded below:
Click to download the We Were So Far Away book.
Inuit and the Residential School System booklet
Click to download the Inuit and the Residential School System booklet.
Video
See the eight Inuit Residential School Survivors talk about their experiences (27 minutes, 2011)
Websites
- Legacy of Hope Foundation
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation
- Amnesty International Indigenous Rights Issues
- Assembly of First Nations
- Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
- Métis National Council
- Native Women’s Association of Canada
- Shannen’s Dream
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Where are the Children?
Recommended Reading and Viewing
A selection of the growing number of books, websites, and articles that document the history and legacy of residential schools
Publications
Berger, Thomas. Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland: the Report of the Mckenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. Ottawa, ON: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977.
King, David. A Brief Report of the Federal Government of Canada’s Residential School System for Inuit/Bref compte-rendu du Régime du pensionnats pour les Inuit du gouvernement fédéral du Canada. Ottawa, ON: Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2006.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Volume 1, Chapter 10: “Residential Schools”. Ottawa, ON: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1996.
Younging, Gregory, Jonathan Dewar, and Mike DeGagné, eds. Response, Responsibility, and Renewal: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Journey/Réponse, responsabilité et renouveau. Cheminement du Canada vers la vérité et la réconciliation. Ottawa, ON: Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2009. Younging, Gregory, Jonathan Dewar, et Mike DeGagné. Réponse, responsabilité et renouveau. Cheminement du Canada vers la vérité et la réconciliation. Ottawa (ON) : Fondation autochtone de guérison, 2009.
Castellano, Marlene Brant, Linda Archibald, and Mike DeGagné, eds. From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of residential schools/De la vérité à la réconciliation. Transformer l’héritage des pensionnats. Ottawa, ON: Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2008.