Truth and
Reconciliation with
Dr. Yvonne Poitras-Pratt

Show Notes & Resources

 - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: explore the TRC reports and 94 Calls to Action, and find open-access K-12 Reconciliation Through Education resources.
 
- Indigenous Education - A Call to Action: the graduate program Dr. Poitras-Pratt created at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.
 
- Indigenous Canada: a free online course delivered via Coursera by the University of Alberta, open to anyone: "from an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations."
 
- The Red Dress Project
 
- Orange Shirt Day: website by the Orange Shirt Society includes educational books and free classroom resources for K-12.
 
- Phyllis Webstad explains the story of her experience at Residential School and the origins of Orange Shirt Day in Canada.
 
- Latest from Rosanna Deerchild, award-winning Cree author and broadcaster. 
 
- Kinshift.ca: through experiential, arts-based workshops/programs, this Indigenous-led initiative supports settlers who are committed to building respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples and places. 
 
- Native-land.ca: a working global map of Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages: “we strive to map Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see the history of their countries and peoples.”
 
- Indian Residential School Survivors Society; 24/7 crisis support for survivors and families: 1-800-721-0066
 
- Legacy of Hope Foundation
 

PAPERS REFERENCED: 
 
- Poitras Pratt, Y., & Danyluk, P. (2019). Exploring reconciliatory pedagogy and its possibilities through educator-led praxis. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 10(3). 
 
- Louie, D., Poitras Pratt, Y., Hanson, A., & Ottmann, J. (2017). Applying Indigenizing principles of decolonizing methodologies in university classrooms. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 47(3), 16-33.