LibGuides: Decolonizing Education: Current Topics & Conversations

Dealing with Trauma

Luther, A. W., Skinner, K., Anthony, K., & Mielke, J. G. (2025). Childhood adversity and coping among Indigenous university students in Canada: Considerations when examining adverse childhood experiences. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Pooyak, S. D., Thomas, V., Henderson, E. W., Laliberte, N., Jongbloed, K., Sharma, R., Spittal, P. M., & Pearce, M. E. (2023). Overcoming the soul wound: Reflecting on experiences and resilience of intergenerational residential school survivors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 143, 1–14.
JoLee Sasakamoose, Shauneen Pete, Fred O’Soup, & Tiffany Wolfe. (2024). From trauma to resilience: advancing cultural responsiveness and equity in the Muskowekwan First Nation’s healing journey. Frontiers in Public Health, 12.
Brokenleg, M. (2012). Transforming Cultural Trauma into Resilience. Reclaiming children and youth, 21(3), 9-13.
Fast, E., & Collin-Vézina, D. (2019). Historical Trauma, Race-Based Trauma, and Resilience of Indigenous Peoples: A Literature Review. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 14(1), 166–182.
Bernards, S., Wells, S., Morton-Ninomiya, M., Plain, S., George, T., Linklater, R., Mushquash, C., & George, J. (2019). Buffering effects of social support for Indigenous males and females living with historical trauma and loss in 2 First Nation communities. Circumpolar Health Supplements, 78(2), 1–8.
Kirmayer, L., Dandeneau, S., Marshall, E., Phillips, M. K., & Williamson, J. (2011). Rethinking Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 56(2), 84-91.

The Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being
Nancy Van Styvendale (Editor); J. D. McDougall (Editor); Robert Henry (Editor); Robert Alexander Innes (Editor)
In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience
Call Number: E 78 B9 K56 2019 (Broadway)

Knott, Helen, 1987- (author.). Robinson, Eden, (writer of foreword.).

Residential Schools

VCC Library Guide - Indigenous & First Nations Studies: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Learn more about about residential schools through VCC Library.
The Survivors Speak A report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada [PDF file].
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Statements and Videos Read stories and see videos from survivors of residential schools.
Residential School Locations
Second Stories: It Had to Be Done A short documentary from the National Film Board.
Canada's Residential Schools: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Fletcher, W. (2011). A dialogue on the history and legacy of the Indian Residential Schools [video].

A Knock on the Door by Phil Fontaine (Foreword by); Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; Aimée Craft (Afterword by)
Pathways of Reconciliation by Aimée Craft (Editor); Paulette Regan (Editor)
Call Number: E 78 C2 P38 2020 (Broadway)
Residential Schools and Reconciliation by J. R. Miller
Call Number: E 96.5 M53 2017 (Broadway and Downtown)
What We Learned by Helen Raptis; members of the Tsimshian Nation
Call Number: E 96.65 B7 R37 2016 (Broadway)

Shingwauk Narratives: Sharing Residential School History
Healing and Reconciliation Through Education
This open educational resource is focused on teaching the history of the colonial legacy of Residential Schools, with an emphasis on exploring the unique history of the Shingwauk Residential School which operated in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. This project builds upon decades of archival research and data collection, including the recording of oral histories, under the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre’s (SRSC) mandate of ‘sharing, healing, and learning.’ ‘Realizing Healing and Reconciliation through Education’ is designed to increase the capacity of the SRSC to educate local, regional, and national audience about the history of Residential Schools.
Historical and Contemporary Realities: Movement Towards Reconciliation
Histories of Indigenous Peoples and Canada

Decolonizing Education: Current Topics & Conversations

Dealing with Trauma

Residential Schools

Racism

AI and Indigenous Perspectives

Conflict Resolution