A Day in the Life of Indigenous Students: Companion Resource Guide

This document outlines the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action which were developed in order to "redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation." The proposed actions call on all levels of government to work together to repair the harm caused by residential schools and begin the process of reconciliation.

An interactive webpage created by the CBC that discusses Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.

Official website for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The NCTR derives its mandate from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and from the agreements under which the Centre was established and the records of Residential School Survivors first entrusted to its care. This website provides access to archival documents, publications and services related to residential schools.

This database of Residential Schools, Indian Hospitals, and Indian Day Schools in Canada represents an ongoing research project. We now have over 2,000 residential schools, day schools, Indian hospitals, convents, and other colonial institutions where Indigenous children were incarcerated that we are adding to the database. To be updated later 2023.

This website is the main page for the AFN overview of, the legal proceedings and the legacy surrounding Indian Residential School.

This site is a counterpart to Where are the Children? Healing the impacts of the Residential Schools, a touring exhibition that explores the history and impacts of Canada’s Residential School System through Survivor stories, archival photographs, and documents, curated by Iroquois artist Jeff Thomas.

Official Website for Orange Shirt Day. The annual Orange Shirt Day on September 30th opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind.

This timeline charts events leading up to the Indian Residential School Agreement and the Agreement itself. This timeline was created by the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.

The Canadian Encyclopedia Timeline of the history of Residential Schools

Hour-long interview with Talaga about her book and documentary: The Knowing. Episode from the podcast series Bookends with Mattea Roach.

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.

Residential Schools is a three-part podcast series created by Historica Canada and hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais. It aims to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools, and honour the stories of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Survivors, their families, and communities

In Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's, Connie Walker unearths how her family's story fits into one of Canada's darkest chapters: the residential school system.

A map of former residential schools in Canada

Uses data collected from Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, and geographic information system to provide a visual representation of the 139 Indian residential school locations across Canada as well as document the search for missing children from those schools.

Guide to the reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and additional educational resources on Residential Schools.

Wide variety of governmental and organizational web sites and reports.