Some remarkable online courses have been developed to support self-directed learning for topics such as truth, reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenous resurgence. Below are a small sampling to get you started, there are many, many more.
'Indigenous Canada' MOOC--University of Alberta
Dan Levy and professors from the University of Alberta supplementary discussion of 'Indigenous Canada.'
Reconciling Ways of Knowing dialogue series--The Reconciling Ways of Knowing Society
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education MOOC--University of British Columbia
The First Nations Principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP)--First Nations Information Governance Committee
Aboriginal Worldviews and Education--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Microlearning series--Maskwacis Cultural College in Alberta
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums--Conference
There are countless websites available regionally, provincially, nationally, and internationally that can support your continued learning about residential schools in Canada as well as important related topics such as decolonization, truth, reconciliation, and Indigenous resurgence. Here are a few to get you started:
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)--University of Manitoba
Missing Children Project--The NCTR is compiling a national register of the more than 4,100 children who died while attending a residential school
Every Child Matters 2020--An online event for students Grade 5-12
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre--University of British Columbia
Anti-racism and anti-oppression library guide--University of Victoria
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)--United Nations
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP)--Government of Canada
Indigenous Ally Toolkit--The Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network
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