A Knock on the Door - The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

A Knock on the Door gathers material from the several reports the TRC has produced to present the essential history and legacy of residential schools in a concise and accessible package that includes new materials to help inform and contextualize the journey to reconciliation that Canadians are now embarked upon.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Phil Fontaine is a Survivor, TRC honorary witness, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was established in 2008 and led by the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair (Chair), Dr. Marie Wilson, and Chief Wilson Littlechild.

Aimee Craft is the Director of Research at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. She is the author of Breathing Life into the Stone Fort Treaty.

Zusammenfassung

Published in collaboration with the National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation, this book gathers material from the several reports the TRC has produced to present the essential history and legacy of residential schools in a concise and accessible package.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: FONTAINE CRAFT TR, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of C, Truth And Reconciliation Commission Of Canada
• Verlag: University of Manitoba Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.12.2015
• EAN: 9780887552267
• ISBN: 978-0-88755-226-7
• Seiten: 298
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Gewicht: 499 g
• Serien: Perceptions on Truth and Recon; Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges