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Indigenous Watchdog (Raising awareness of and educating Canadians on the current state of reconciliation in Canada)

Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada – CBC News 

Settlers Take Action – The On Canada Project

Indigenous Ally Toolkit (Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK)

San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training

Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

Racism and White Supremacy in BC (BC Human Rights Commissioner)

Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper (Yellowhead Institute)

Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper (Yellowhead Institute)

What is Orange Shirt Day? (CBC Kids)

Timeline of Racism in Canada (BC Teachers’ Federation)

A Brief Definition of Decolonization and Indigenization (Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.)

The Indian Act (First Nations & Indigenous Studies, The University of British Columbia)

Arts and Culture

About Canadian Inuit (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami)

First Peoples’ Cultural Council

Native Land – whose traditional territory are you on?

Who are the Métis? (Métis Family Services)

Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture

Pronunciation Guide for Indigenous Communities in BC (Bannock + Butter, Danette Jubinville)

Decolonizing BC’s Roadside History (Culturally Modified, Joanne Hammond)

Indigenous Sport Gallery (BC Sports Hall of Fame)

Listen

Digging Deep Podcast – Episode #56, Natan Obed: Celebrate Diverse Thought (Mark Sutcliffe)

CANADALAND (Jesse Brown)

Ahkameyimok (National Chief Perry Bellegarde)

All My Relations (Matika Wilbur, Adrienne Keene)

MEDIA INDIGENA (Rick Harp, Candis Callison, Brock Pitawanakwat, Kim TallBear, Kenneth T. Williams)

Teachings in The Air (Elder Gerry Oldman)

The Secret Life of Canada (CBC Podcasts with Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson)

What’s Up At Wachiay? (Rob Crowston, Wachiay Friendship Centre Society)

Recommended Reading List

Split Tooth (Tanya Tagaq)

Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation (Monique Gray Smith)

Alliances: Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships (Lynne Davis) 

Indigenous political ecology (Sarah Hunt, University of Victoria)

Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition (Glen Sean Coulthard)

Song of the Earth: The Life of Alfred Joseph (Ross Hoffman and Alfred Joseph)

From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada (Jody Wilson-Raybould)

Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call (Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson, Foreword by Naomi Klein)

“Real” Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood (Bonita Lawrence)

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada (Chelsea Vowel)

Use Your Voice!

BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Engagement Survey

Circles for Reconciliation

Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights (BC Human Rights Tribunal)

Canadian Anti-Racism Network

Contact the Prime Minister of Canada

Contact the Premier of BC: premier@gov.bc.ca

Contact Members of Legislative Assembly

Contact Municipalities