Toolkits and Action Plans

• Reconciliation Canada
  • Toolkits: Guidelines and ideas on how to start the reconciliation conversation; toolkits for Individuals, Communities and Organizations; Municipal Leadership; Youth and Young Adults
  • Back Pocket Reconciliation Action Plan
• Canadian Commission for Unesco - Reconciliation
  • CIM Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities Toolkit – Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: A Holistic Approach Toolkit for Inclusive Municipalities in Canada and Beyond
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Commitment Card
• ViaSport's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Resources
• Social media images for download

 

Trainings

• KAIROS Blanket Exercise
• San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
• The Path: Your Journey through Indigenous Canada - Cultural Awareness Training
• Indigenous Canada Course - University of Alberta
• Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education - University of British Columbia

 

Videos

• Webinar: Reconciliation and Recreation: Indigenous perspectives

• 8th Fire: Wab’s Walk Through History
  • YouTube
• Picking up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanke 

 

Land Acknowledgement

• Whose Land
• Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples & Traditional Territory
• Activism Skills: Land and Territory Acknowledgement

 

Reading List

• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
• The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
• Halfbreed by Maria Campbell
• The North-West is Our Mother by Jean Teillet
• They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
• View the Vancouver Public Library's Reconciliation Reading List

 

Books suitable for children

• I Am Not a Number by Kathy Kacer
• Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
• A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
• Shi-shi-etko by Nicola Campbell
• When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson

 

Supports

Culturally safe resources and supports available toll-free 24-hours a day, 7 days a week:

• IRSSS Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line—1-866-925-4419
• Métis Crisis Line—1-833-METISBC/1-833-638-4722
• KUU-US—Indigenous Crisis Response Services—1-800-588-8717