Treaty, Truth and ReconciliACTION Resources

The following Treaty, Truth and ReconciliACTION resources have been compiled to support all in Leduc, and to help our community learn and grow together.

Immediate support

The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419. Available 24 hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their Residential school experience.

Educational material
  • Indigenous Canada. Explore key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective. Audit the class online for free, or pay a fee to receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course. Commitment: 12 weeks of study, 2 to 3 hours per week.
     
  • Territorial Acknowledgement: Going Beyond the Script. Create a personal, meaningful and impactful territorial acknowledgement.
     
  • Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. An immersive website on the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Created by the CBC Indigenous Unit, Beyond 94 allows users to track outcomes on the Calls to Action, learn about residential schools, and discover how Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians can work together.
     
  • Indigenous Ally. Published by the Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK, you will understand the role you can play in creating a positive and sustainable impact on the lives of Indigenous Peoples.
     
  • Telling our Twisted Histories. Savage. Reserve. Indian Time. Words connect us, but have the power to hurt us deeply. Telling our Twisted Histories is an 11-episode podcast series that reclaims Indigenous history by exploring 11 words whose meanings have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehtiio Horn guides us through conversations with over 70 Indigenous people from 11 communities whose lands now make up Quebec, New Brunswick and Labrador, as they share their words, humour and truths about concepts that impact us to this day.