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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Fraser Valley Regional Library

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  • Designed specifically for children, families, community members, and educators, and inspired by the open-licensed stories from Little Cree Books. Presents text, images, and audio of stories in Indigenous languages as well as English, French, and the…
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  • Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic…
    Web resource
  • North of Nowhere

    Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner

    Wilson, Marie (Journalist),
    Book, 2024Toronto, ON : Anansi, 2024. — 971.0049 WIL
  • Truth Telling

    Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada

    Good, Michelle,
    Book, 2023Toronto, ON : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2023] — 305.897 GOO
  • Book, 2023[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2023. — J 371.82997 JAN
  • Muinji'j Asks Why

    the Story of the Mi'kmaq and the Shubenacadie Residential School

    MacEachern, Shanika,
    Book, 2022Halifax, Nova Scotia : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., [2022] — J 371.82997 MAC
  • Behind Closed Doors

    Stories From the Kamloops Indian Residential School

    Jack, Agness
    Book, 2025Canada : Theytus Books, JUNE 2025 — O/300
  • Tsqelmucwílc

    the Kamloops Indian Residential School - Resistance and a Reckoning

    Haig-Brown, Celia, 1947-
    Book, 2022Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2022] — 371.82997 HAI
  • Unreconciled

    Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

    Wente, Jesse,
    Book, 2021Toronto : Allen Lane, 2021 — 305.89733 WEN
  • Did You See Us?

    Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at An Urban Indian Residential School

    Book, 2021Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, [2021] — 371.82997 DID
  • Call Me Indian

    From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

    Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-2020,
    Book, 2021[Toronto, Ontario] : Viking, 2021 — 796.962 SAS
  • Mamaskatch

    a Cree Coming of Age

    McLeod, Darrel J.,
    Book, 2024Madeira Park, BC : Douglas and McIntyre, 2024. — BIO McLeod MCL
  • Book, 2020[Toronto, Ontario] : McClelland & Stewart, 2020 — 971.00497 ABE
  • Peyakow

    Reclaiming Cree Dignity

    McLeod, Darrel J.,
    Book, 2021Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [2021] — 305.897 MCL
  • They Called Me Number One

    Secrets and Survival at An Indian Residential School

    Sellars, Bev, 1955-
    Book, 2013Vancouver : Talonbooks, 2013. — 371.82997 SEL