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After Residential School, My Path to Healing
Fontaine, Theodore
Article
2011
Theodore Fontaine's memoir narrating the 12 years he spent in a residential school.
Broken Circle
Fontaine, Theodore
Film/Video
2011
A two-part excerpt from Theodore Fontaine's book Broken Circle, a memoir of surviving the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School in Manitoba -- and pursuing his own path to healing.
Color of Violence : The INCITE! Anthology
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (ed.)
Book
2006
An anthology of critical writings demanding that we address violence against women of color in all its forms, including interpersonal violence, such as sexual and domestic violence, and state violence...
An Inspiration Named Chubby
Fontaine, Theodore
Article
2011
Theodore Fontaine's memorr of his 12 years in a residential school.
Oscar Hangover Special: Why "Spotlight" Is a Terrible Film
Wypijewski, Joann
Article
2016
I am astonished (though I suppose I shouldn't be) that, across the past few months, ever since Spotlight hit theatres, otherwise serious left-of-centre people have peppered their party conversation wi...
Still Surviving: Reconciliation Through Everyday Rebellion
Mast, Meghan
Article
2015
Residential school survivors rebuild through small acts of hope and resistance.