Speaking our truth : a journey of reconciliation / Monique Gray Smith.

By: Gray Smith, Monique, 1968- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Victoria, B.C.] : Orca Book Publishers, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1459815831; 9781459815834Subject(s): Reconciliation -- Children's literature | Residential schools -- History -- CanadaOnline resources: Book review | Book review | Book review | Publisher website | Teachers' Resource Guide Summary: "Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the Residential School system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the Residential School system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action."-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 9 and up.

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