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Canada's residential schools. Volume 5, The legacy : the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Canada's Residential Schools: The Legacy describes what Canada must do to overcome the schools' tragic legacy and move towards reconciliation with the country's first peoples. For over 125 yeras, Aboriginal children suffered abuse and neglect in residential schools run by the Canadian government and by churches. They were taken from their families and communities and confined in large, frightening instituitions where they were cut off from their culture and punished for speaking their own language. Infectious diseases claimed the lives of many students and those who survived lived in harch and alienating conditions. There was little compassion and little education in most of Canada's residential schools.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780773546608 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 383 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Montreal ; Published for The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Child welfare: A system in crisis -- The failure to educate -- "I Lost My Talk": The erosion of language and culture -- An attack on Aboriginal health: The marks and the memories -- A denial of justice -- Calls to action. |
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