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Boffa, Adriana – Canadian Social Studies, 2017
With public debates surrounding the removal of historical monuments in Canada (e.g., statues of, or schools named after, John A. Macdonald) and the United States (e.g., Confederate monuments), at times the voices of those who are most directly affected by their presence can be either drowned out or left out of the conversation entirely. It seems…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Indigenous Populations
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Taylor, Lisa – Canadian Social Studies, 2014
In this article, I contextualize and outline my use of testimonial literature, including orature, by residential school survivors in a preservice course focused on building practices of witness-­as-study (Simon & Eppert, 2005). My theorization of the course curriculum and pedagogy draws on key texts by Roger Simon as a means of proposing…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Experience, Canada Natives
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Ng-­A-­Fook, Nicholas; Milne, Robin – Canadian Social Studies, 2014
In 2007, Indian Residential School System (IRS) survivors won a class action settlement worth an?estimated 2 billion dollars from the Canadian Government. The settlement also included the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Despite the public acknowledgement, we posit that there is still a lack of opportunity and the necessary…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, History, American Indians