Library pop-up features titles by Indigenous authors
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation reminds us of the importance of learning, listening, and reflecting on the histories and experiences of Indigenous peoples. One way to continue this work beyond September 30 is by engaging with stories, knowledge, and research shared by Indigenous authors.
Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada published its final report, which included 94 Calls to Action - four of which relate directly to education. While progress has been made, there is still much work to do. There are many things we as individuals and as an institution can do to support Indigenous people and communities. Increasing our understanding is one of these things.
On September 30, a pop-up library in the U of GH Atrium highlighted books in the library’s collection that are written by Indigenous authors on a variety of topics. These stories bring forward lived experiences and knowledge that challenge colonial narratives, support reconciliation, and promote a more inclusive and empathetic academic environment.
If you weren’t able to attend, you can still browse and borrow these titles by visiting the Library on the 4th floor of the LRC. You can also visit the Indigenous Research Guide for additional resources.
Explore these Indigenous voices (click any title to borrow):
- Wînipêk : visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
- Life in two worlds : a coach's journey from the reservation to the NHL and back
- Tricky grounds : Indigenous women's experiences in Canadian university administration
- Kaandossiwin : how we come to know : Indigenous re-search methodologies
- Building a nest from the bones of my people
- Indigenous research design : transnational perspectives in practice
- Truth telling : seven conversations about Indigenous life in Canada
- Moon of the turning leaves
- Resurgence : engaging with Indigenous narratives and cultural expressions in and beyond the classroom
- Indigiqueerness : a conversation about storytelling
- Wayi wah! : Indigenous pedagogies : an act for reconciliation and anti-racist education
- And then she fell
- Weaving sundown in a scarlet light : fifty poems for fifty years
- Killing the Wittigo : Indigenous culture-based approaches to waking up, taking action, and doing the work of healing : a book for young adults
- A beautiful rebellion : poems
- All the quiet places
- Bad Cree
- Plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask : Anishinaabe botanical teachings
- Black Water : family, legacy, and blood memory
- Ways of being in the world : an introduction to Indigenous philosophies of Turtle Island
- Held by the land : a guide to Indigenous plants for wellness
- A really good brown girl
- Blue marrow
- Coexistence : stories
- Cold : a novel
- Restoring the kinship worldview : indigenous voices introduce 28 precepts for rebalancing life on planet Earth
- Islands of decolonial love : stories & songs
- The truth about stories : a native narrative
- All our relations : finding the path forward
- Laughing with the Trickster : on sex, death, and accordions
- Indians on vacation : a novel
- Stars and Scars
- True reconciliation : how to be a force for change
- Indian in the cabinet : speaking truth to power
- The reason you walk
- Indigenous relations : insights, tips & suggestions to make reconciliation a reality
- From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada
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