Local resources for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—Orange Shirt Day
From our Facebook page on 30 September:
Today is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. Wondering where to start? Ideas coming up throughout the day.
More local resource recommendations to share here? Please send them to admin@stphilipvictoria.ca
Read: at the library!
The Greater Victoria Public Library system has tons of resources (not just print) - try searching the catalogue for "Truth and reconciliation", "First Nations" or "Indigenous" and see what comes up.
Librarians' top picks in a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEj7cXWo8Qw
Monique Gray-Smith's Speaking Our Truth (2017) is a great conversation starter for all ages.
Watch: Doctrine of Discovery
“Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen lands, Strong Hearts” is a film about a devastating decision, made over 500 years ago, which continues to profoundly impact Indigenous and Settler people worldwide. Pope Alexander VI ruled that the lands being discovered by European explorers at the time was “empty” land and its millions of Indigenous inhabitants were “non-human”.
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action in 2015, with many of them referring to the Doctrine of Discovery and calling for its repudiation.
This film is one of the responses of the Anglican Church’s Primate’s Commission on Discovery, Reconciliation and Justice. The purpose of this film is to respond to the calls to action by helping to provide education and insight into the racist foundations of many of our property and other laws still in existence to this day.
Link for the film and study/discussion guide:
https://www.anglican.ca/primate/tfc/drj/doctrineofdiscovery/
Listen: the Sacred Teachings podcast
There is a hidden wealth in this Land. This wealth lies in the wisdom of the Indigenous Elders all across Turtle Island. The teachings, languages, traditions and stories of the Ancestors are shared in the podcast series “Sacred Teachings”. Highly respected Indigenous speakers are featured in this series, with a different theme for each season, including the sacredness of Creation and finding meaning in a global crisis.
7 series available at https://www.anglican.ca/im/podcasts/
Read: Contact - The Newsletter of the Council of the North
The Council of the North is a grouping of financially assisted Anglican dioceses in the north of Canada, which are supported through grants by General Synod. There are seven dioceses, the Territory of the People (formerly Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior) and the Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh. They are in sparsely populated areas such as the Arctic, Yukon, Northern and Central Interior British Columbia, Alberta, northern areas of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.
We in the Council of the North look forward to sharing our stories with you—stories of heroic and sacrificial ministry being carried out throughout the North. Our newsletter is one way for us to share with you what a difference an Anglican presence makes in the North, and to say “thank-you” for your partnership with us in the Gospel.
https://www.anglican.ca/cn/newsletter/
https://www.anglican.ca/cn/
Read: Aboriginal Neighbours library at Christ Church Cathedral
Over its 25 years of existence, the Aboriginal Neighbours network established a comprehensive lending library catalogue. The library resides at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria BC and is open to the public. Click below to download a PDF copy of the searchable catalogue, and contact Christ Church Cathedral for lending library hours of operation.
Catalogue: click here
Watch: Victoria Reconciliation Dialogues
an ongoing series of conversations that enables the community to participate in reconciliation on Lekwungen territory.
Guided by members of the City Family and special guests, the seven-part series of community conversations seeks to build the community’s knowledge and understanding of reconciliation -- what it is, why it is needed, and why community participation in reconciliation is important.
The Victoria Reconciliation Dialogues provide opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to come together to share their ideas and stories, and explore how we as a community can make the culture, history and modern reality of local Indigenous Peoples become present and apparent throughout the city, and understood and valued in people’s everyday lives. The format of the conversations varies and includes storytelling, discussion and other forms of Indigenous learning.
For more information and to watch all the Dialogues so far: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/city/witness-reconciliation-program/victoria-reconciliation-dialogues.html
Review: 94 Calls to Action of the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015)
Have a look on YouTube for conversations about the Calls to Action.
Learn: Indigenous Canada
is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta exploring the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada.
From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.
Indigenous Canada is for [anyone] outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships.
Topics Covered
- The fur trade and other exchange relationships,
- Land claims and environmental impacts,
- Legal systems and rights,
- Political conflicts and alliances,
- Indigenous political activism,
- Contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.
More information and registration for the online course via Coursera: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html
Participate: ReconciliACTION Oak Bay
- local news and events
Listen: Kuper Island podcast
An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by Duncan McCue.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1062-kuper-island
More local resource recommendations to share here?
Please send them to admin@stphilipvictoria.ca