A Knock On The Door: The Essential
History of Residential Schools
“It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local
Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer. So
began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than
a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by
the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada.” –WorldCat
A Short Account of the
Destruction of the Indies
“Bartolomé de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish
colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on
one of Columbus's voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre
he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He
wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies in 1542, a shocking
catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the
evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide.”
–Amazon
Indigenous Writes: A Guide to
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues in Canada
“In Indigenous Writes,
Chelsea Vowel initiates myriad conversations about the relationship between
Indigenous peoples and Canada. An advocate for Indigenous worldviews, the
author discusses the fundamental issues the terminology of relationships;
culture and identity; myth-busting; state violence; and land, learning, law and
treaties along with wider social beliefs about these issues. She answers the
questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations
at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community.” –Amazon
Killer: My Life in Hockey
“In Killer, Doug Gilmour
bares all about his on- and off-the-ice exploits and escapades. Gilmour has
always been frank with the media, and his memoir is as revealing as it is
hilarious. He played with the greatest players of his generation, and his love
for the game and for life are legendary.” –Amazon
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey
through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
“An investigative exploration of the separate ‘Indian hospitals’ that
existed in Canada for many decades, told through memoir, archival research, and
interviews with survivors.” –WorldCat
Working Memory: Women and Work in
WWII
“Working Memory: Women and Work
in World War II speaks to the work women did during the war: the labour of
survival, resistance, and collaboration, and the labour of recording,
representing, and memorializing these wartime experiences.” –WorldCat