Watch, Listen and Read

Watch

• For Love: In this documentary Indigenous people share heartbreaking stories that reveal the injustices inflicted by the Canadian child welfare system (documentary, Netflix)
• Residential Schools in Canada: A Timeline, Historica Canada
• The Power of Education in Advancing Reconciliation webinar (January 19, 2022)
• Indian Horse (film, Netflix)
• Economic Reconciliation (film, Vimeo)

Listen

• Unreserved Podcast (CBC) with host, Rosanna Deerchild
• Aysanabee – a multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer songwriter currently based in Toronto. Aysanabee is Oji-Cree, Sucker Clan of the Sandy Lake First Nation

Read

• Namwayayut: A Pathway to Reconciliation by Chief Robert Joseph
• Weaving Two Worlds by Christy Smith and Michael McPhie
• Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
• Indian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power by Jody Wilson-Reybould
• Indigenomics – Taking a Seat at the Economic Table by Carol Anne Hilton
• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
• Indigenous Relations – Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliations a Reality by Bob Joseph with Cynthia F. Joseph
• Braiding Sweetgrass – Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
• All our Relations by Tanya Talaga
• Dances with Dependency by Calvin Helin
• The Economic Dependency Trap by Calvin Helin
• From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations For a Stronger Canada by Jody Wilson-Reybould
• An Army of Problem Solvers – Reconciliation and the Solutions Economy by Shaun Loney
• Resource Rulers – Fortune and Folly on Canada’s Road to Resources by Bill Gallagher
• The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
• The Unjust Society by Harold Cardinal

For Children or Youth

• The Sharing Circle by Theresa Larsen-Jonasson
• Fry Bread: A Native American Family Tradition by Kevin Noble Maillard
• Spirt Bear (series) by Cindy Blackstock and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

Online Courses We Recommend

• University of Alberta Indigenous Canada Course (12 modules)
• First Nations University and Reconciliation Education 4 Seasons of Reconciliation (10 modules)