Coquitlam Public Library

Speaking my truth, reflections on reconciliation & residential school, selected by Shelagh Rogers, Mike DeGagné, Jonathan Dewar

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Includes bibliographical references

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essays

Speaking my truth

bibliography

selected by Shelagh Rogers, Mike DeGagné, Jonathan Dewar

reflections on reconciliation & residential school

"Following the success of an earlier Book Club edition, this volume has been revised and re-edited for scholastic and academic purposes. These essays, which shed light on the lived and living experiences and legacies of Residential Schools, are offered in the sincere hop that your reading and discussion of them will become part of a much needed dialogue on reconciliation in Canada." - back cover

Speaking my truth: The journey to reconciliation / Garnet Angeconeb -- Reconciliation or conciliation? An Inuit perspective / John Amagoalik -- A survivor reflects on resilience / Madeleine Dion Stout -- Confession of a born again pagan (excerpt) / Fred Kelly -- A call to the churches: "You shall be called the repairer of the breach" / David macDonald -- Perspective on reconciliation from an Inuk youth / David Joanasie -- On the side of the angels / Jose Amaujaq Kusugak -- Truth about residential schools and reconciling this history: A Michif view / Rita Flamand -- Cry me a river. White River / Drew Hayden Taylor -- Returning to harmony / Richard Wagamese -- A sorry state / Mitch Miyagawa -- Aiyah! A little rouse of time and space (excerpt) / Sid Chow Tan -- By turns poetic: Redress as transformation (excerpt) / Roy Miki -- Land project: A conversation between Canada and Israel/Palestine / Cheryl L"Hirondelle, Joseph Naytowhow, b. h. Yael

Reflections on reconciliation & residential school