INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTH
Read. Watch. Listen.
Explore these recommendations from the Concordia Library and engage with a rich collection of resources on Indigenous topics and perspectives
Read
- The Summary Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and its 94 calls to action.
- The Residential Schools section of our resource guide: A Day in the Life of Indigenous Students.
- A bibliography of residential school life stories, created as a subset of our Memoirs edition of Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight series.
- Our Colonialism in Canada page and the related resource guide: Decolonization, Indigenization and Reconciliation.
First Peoples Studies Subject Guide
Find article databases, primary resource databases, e-journals and newspapers and web-based resources. The guides include Indigenous educational resources for faculty and researchers, and terminology guidelines for searching and writing about Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight Series
Print and online books that are pertinent to Indigenous studies and issues. Find annual curated collections of books based on different themes including Memoirs & Life Stories (2021), Indigenous Feminisms (2020) and Science Fiction & Futurisms (2019). The series includes non-fiction, fiction, poetry, art, children's books, and manga. Works by First Nations, Inuit and Métis authors and artists, including faculty at Concordia, are featured.
Pîkiskwêtân Resource Guides
The Companion Resource Guides were created to complement the Pîkiskwêtân Learning Series. The guides aim to highlight and enhance workshop content by offering opportunities for further learning and thinking via relevant books, reports, articles, web sites, podcasts and videos or films. The guides were prepared by Chloe Belair Morin and Sarah Monnier, library team members hired as part of the Indigenous Student Librarian program.
Dewemaagannag
Created by the Office of Community Engagement, Dewemaagannag/My Relations is a self-reflection guide that provides key principles and values to guide any non-Indigenous individual or organization who wish to decolonize relationships with Indigenous communities.