A still from the Indian Affairs film ?We Learn English? includes a modernist school building as a backdrop. Although residential schools are usually associated with older buildings, the residential school system in Canada also included the construction of facilities in a modernist architectural style. Image courtesy NFB
September 30 is the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, recognizing and commemorating the intergenerational harm that residential schools have caused to Indigenous families and communities, and to honour those who have been affected by this injustice.
As we reflect on this difficult legacy that we are all living with, Canadian Architect offers some resources that may be of particular interest to architects and designers.

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION" National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Orange Shirt Day

REPORTS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Resources
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report (2015)

OAA Truth and Reconciliation Environmental Scan Report (2021)

FILMS
From Earth to Sky, 2021 TVO documentary about Indigenous architects

BOOKS

Voices of the Land: Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies, edited by Naomi Ratte and Reanna Merasty

Old Stories, New Ways: Conversations About an Architecture Inspired by Indigenous Ways of Knowing, by Vivian Manasc (book excerpt available here)

COURSES AND SEMINARS
Virtual tour of former Shingwauk Residential School – Septem...