TRUTH & RECONCILIATION:
Seeking Balance in Relations
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Knox United Church
Coastal Salish Territory (Vancouver)
Resources for follow-up and to continue this work:
SESSION I
The first session of the Seeking Balance series focused on our relationships with the territory of the Musqueam, the land on which we are visitors.
These two websites give more information about the Musqueam peoples and their rights and legal issues:
http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/Home.html
http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/Rights.html
Both sessions consider the history of colonial relations between Native and non-Native peoples in Canada.
The following gives a short overview:
- Another Look at Canadian History 
- This website illustrates the First Nations languages in British Colombia:
http://fnlg.arts.ubc.ca/FNLGlangs.htm
- This website looks at the history of Point Grey prior to and after contact:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_fabric/pre1890.html
- This PDF document gives an overview of all the First Nations along the Fraser River Basin:
http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/publications/documents/Bridges_Between_Nations.pdf
Appropriate children’s books:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/nicole.htm
http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/kids.htm
For teachers, instructors and facilitators:
- What I Learned in Class Today: Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom:
http://www.issuesintheclass.com
Suggested reading from Larry Grant:
A fair country : telling truths about Canada
By
John Ralston Saul
http://www.johnralstonsaul.com/SUM_AFC.html
Toronto 2008 Viking Canada
Maps used in the workshops:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/maps.htm
http://maps.fphlcc.ca/fphlcc/musqueam
Aboriginal Resources- How to find them at the UBC First Nations House of Learning Library:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/
http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/subject.htm
Some resources on residential schools:
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/education/topics/692/
http://www.afn.ca/residentialschools/index.html
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