Get Involved: Publications & Resources
Looking to get involved?
There are multiple ways of getting involved and support Indigenous Youth and First Nations.
1. Read our publication
2. Learn About First Nations
The first best step in working in this space is to get educated and learn about First Nations history, contemporary politics and more. There are many resources and publications. Here’s a few of our favourites:
- Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to make Reconciliation a reality – Bob Joseph with Cynthia F. Joseph
- 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous People a Reality – Bog Joseph
- Indigenous Writes: A guide to First Nations, Metis & Inuit Issues in Canada – Chelsea Vowel
- Unsettling Canada: A National Wake up Call – Arthur Manuel & Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson
- The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy – Arthur Manuel & Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson
- Price Paid: the fight for First Nations Survival – Bev Sellars
- Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada – Paulette Regan
- Truth & Reconciliation Commission nctr.ca
- Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future (2015) Summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada nctr.ca/reports
- Read the TRC Report on Youtube – #ReadtheTRCReport
- Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® https://www.ictinc.ca/training/working-effectively-with-indigenous-peoples
- Indigenous Foundations (UBC) great website on definitions, outline of Indigenous issues , etc. https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html
- Royal Commission Aboriginal Peoples (Government of Canada Library & Archives)
- https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/royal-commission-aboriginal-peoples/Pages/final-report.aspx
- Whose Land Is it Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization – Peter McFarlane & Nicole Schabus