"I want to get rid of the Indian problem....
Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and
there is no Indian question, and no Indian Department."
—Duncan Campbell Scott, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Residential Schools
Key Online Resources
Indian Residential Schools
Watch the video playlist (to the right) to begin this session. ►
To, find out more: ► Watch "Canada's Dark Secret" (Al-Jazeera) ► Watch a five-part film series, "They Came for the Children" on the IRS and TRC ► Use an interactive map to locate the residential schools that operated near you ► A list of Indian Residential Schools ► Explore the Witness Blanket project ► Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada ► Why the papal apology matters The Indian Act ► Indian Act Fact Sheet ► "The Indian Act - The foundation of colonialism in Canada" by Russell Diabo (or listen as a podcast) |
Video Playlist: "Canada's Cultural Genocide" and "Stolen Children" (CBC)
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Sixties Scoop Playlist: Separating Children from Parents, Adoptees of Sixties Scoop tell their Stories, and The Personal Testimony of J'net Cavanagh
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The Sixties Scoop
◄ Watch the complete video playlist (to the left) Inuit Relocations ►Listen to the story of Ayaaq (Mary) Anowtalik and David Serkoak recounting the Canadian government’s forced relocation of Inuit from their homeland in the interior of Nunavut in the 1950s and their long struggle for justice ► Read an interview with David Serkoak |
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![]() Spiritual Reflections
For use by faith and spirituality groups: Confronting the Truth: Yes, We Do Need to Keep Talking About This!" by Cameron Fraser. |
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The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice
70 St. Mary Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1J3
416-927-7887
www.jesuitforum.ca
contact@jesuitforum.ca
Web banner artwork by Patuo'kn Illustration and Design and Diane Montreuil
Listening to Indigenous Voices is published by Novalis and produced in collaboration with KAIROS and Centre justice et foi
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