Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation
Synopsis:
Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation demonstrates actions academics have taken in relation to some of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Poetry, short stories, and children’s stories sit alongside scholarly chapters, mixing personal and academic voices to challenge and engage both the head and the heart about what Truth and Reconciliation—and the Calls to Action—require of us all.
Garry Gottfriedson, Victoria Handford, and their collaborators invite readers not only to explore the diverse facets of Indigenous identity, but also to embark on a transformative, collective journey towards mutual understanding and respect.
Contributions by Dorothy Cucw-la7 Christian, Georgann Cope Watson, Garry Gottfriedson, Victoria (Tory) Handford, Sarah Ladd, Patricia Liu Baergen, Tina Matthew, Rod McCormick, Gloria Ramirez, Fred Schaub, and Bernita Wienhold-Leahy.
Educator Information
Table of Contents
Land Acknowledgement
In Your Canada—A Thousand and Counting by Garry Gottfriedson
About the Cover Photograph
List of Poems
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword by Dorothy Cucw-la7 Christian
Introduction by Garry Gottfriedson and Victoria Handford
SECTION 1
Language and Culture Calls to Action
Returning from School by Garry Gottfriedson
Disrupting Colonial Practices through Indigenous Language Learning and Research by Gloria Ramirez
SECTION 2
Health Calls to Action
lessons by Garry Gottfriedson
Grave Concerns by Rod McCormick
A Walk Together by Bernita Wienhold-Leahy
Health Care Practices by Bernita Wienhold-Leahy
SECTION 3
Education for Reconciliation Calls to Action
KIRS Curriculum by Garry Gottfriedson
Change Begins with a Whisper by Georgann Cope Watson
SECTION 4
Business and Reconciliation Calls to Action
Too Much by Sarah Ladd
Cultural Dissonance: Job Interviewing and Indigenous Candidates by Sarah Ladd
SECTION 5
Commemoration Calls to Action
An Unholy Act by Garry Gottfriedson
Debwewin by Victoria Handford
Red Bridge by Victoria Handford
SECTION 6
Newcomers to Canada Calls to Action
The Flesh of Ice by Garry Gottfriedson
Encounters by Fred Schaub
Reconciliation and Decolonization: From the Shadows of Settler Shame to the Generosity of an Ethical Relationality by Fred Schaub
Exploring Curriculum as a Lived Experience of Poetic Dwelling in between Place Stories by Patricia Liu Baergen
Afterword by Tina Matthew
Contributors
Appendices
Additional Information
232 pages | 6.00" x 9.00" | 20 photos | Paperback