September 30, known by many as Orange Shirt Day, has been formally designated the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This is an opportunity to collectively learn, reflect, and grieve the ongoing harm to individuals, families, communities, and beyond through the residential school system in Canada. Live online events will be happening across the country on this day, and we encourage you to join them. We further share the resources below in support of truth-telling and learning.

READING (Main Collection)  

• Residential Schools: With the Words and Images of Survivors (Larry Loyie & Wayne K. Spear) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/6862384
   
• Métis Memories Of Residential Schools: A Testament to the Strength of the Métis (Métis Nation Of Alberta) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/4172401
   
• Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools, A Memoir (Theodore Fontaine) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/4839932
   
• They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School (Bev Sellars) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/6216638
   
• UNeducation (2014): A Residential School Graphic Novel (Jason EagleSpeaker) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/6962713
   
• Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story (David Robertson, Scott B. Henderson, Donovan Yaciuk & Murray Sinclair) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/5549683
   
• A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Of Canada (Truth And Reconciliation Commission of Canada) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/7915679
   
• Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/7687200
   
• Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada (Paulette Regan) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/4885874
   
• Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Calls to Action (Aimee Craft) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/nlebk/2461205

READING (Juvenile & Youth)  

• Fatty Legs: A True Story  (Margaret Pokiak-Fenton & Christy Jordan-Fenton) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/9692084
   
• Stolen Words (Melanie Florence & Gabrielle Grimard) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/8062660
   
• When We were Alone (David Robertson & Julie Flett) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/7674248

WATCHING

• We were Children (Eagle Vision, Entertainment One & NFB): https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/9396212
   
• Muffins for Granny (Nadia McLaren, Feather Productions & Mongrel Media) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/7117774
   
• Indian Horse (Richard Wagamese & Elevation Picture) https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/7117774
   
• Rhymes for Young Ghouls (Jeff Barnaby, Séville Pictures & Entertainment One https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/8053456

LISTENING: 

• Residential Schools (Historica Canada & Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais) https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/residential-schools/id1499122039 
   
• Still Here Still Healing (Jade Roberts) https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/still-here-still-healing/id1461722951
   
• Residential Schools: We Haven't Even Begun to Talk About What Happened (Canadaland with guests Ryan McMahon & Chelsea Vowel) https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/residential-schools/