National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, will take place on Monday, September 30, 2024. This day serves as a solemn reminder of the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada and honours the survivors, their families, and communities.
Below, you’ll find a selection of resources available at the UBC Education Library to deepen understanding and foster reflection. Additionally, the X̱wi7x̱wa Library’s “Indian Residential School System in Canada” research guide offers valuable materials that explore the impact and realities of the Indian Residential Schools.
Fiction
The orange shirt story / author, Phyllis Webstad; illustrations, Brock Nicol.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=9294317
I am not a number / written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer; illustrated by Gillian Newland.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=8536611
Stolen words / written by Melanie Florence; illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=9161137
When we were alone / David Alexander Robertson; Julie Flett.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=8774028
Shi-shi–etko / Nicola I. Campbell; pictures by Kim La Fave.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3559311
Shin-chi’s canoe, written by Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3935868
Fatty legs: a true story / Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=4297323
You hold me up / Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel.
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=8926213
FULL TEXT ONLINE: http://tinyurl.com/yys2eaqn
Non-Fiction
Speaking our truth: a journey of reconciliation / Monique Gray Smith.
FULL TEXT ONLINE: http://tinyurl.com/yy3a7d7v