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Author:   Brieg Capitaine ,  Karine Vanthuyne
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780774833905

ISBN 10:   0774833904
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   01 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword / Ronald Niezen Introduction / Brieg Capitaine and Karine Vanthuyne Part 1: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Action 1 On the Making of a National Tragedy: The Transformation of the Meaning of the Indian Residential Schools / Eric Taylor Woods 2 Telling a Story and Performing the Truth: The Indian Residential School as Cultural Trauma / Brieg Capitaine 3 Loving to Reconcile: Love as a Political Emotion at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Robyn Green 4 Learning through Conversation: An Inquiry into Shame / Janice Cindy Gaudet and Lawrence Martin/Wapistan Part 2: Conflicting Memories and Paths of Action 5 Surviving as Mi’kmaq and First Nations People: The Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia / Simone Poliandri 6 “National Memory” and Its Remainders: Labrador Inuit Counterhistories of Residential Schooling / Arie Molena 7 Remembering Residential Schools, Accounting for Decolonization through Development: Conflicting Viewpoints / Karine Vanthuyne Part 3: (Un)reckoning with Historical Abuses 8 The New Victims: Perpetrators before the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Jula Hughes 9 Residential Schools in Canada: Why the Message Is Not Getting Across / Cheryl Gaver Epilogue / Charles R. Menzies Index

Reviews

The contributors to Power through Testimony provide an important commentary on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the limitations of its mandate. -- Jon Reyhner, Department of Educational Specialties, Northern Arizona University * Canadian Journal of Native Studies *

Power Through Testimony provides a rich and nuanced exploration of the complex dynamics of 'reconciliation' that is indeed valuable in understanding the legacy of residential schools as it continues to unfold. - Tricie Lea-Scott, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai (British Journal of Canadian Studies) The contributors to Power through Testimony provide an important commentary on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the limitations of its mandate. - Jon Reyhner, Department of Educational Specialties, Northern Arizona University (Canadian Journal of Native Studies)

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Brieg Capitaine is a professor of sociology at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa. Karine Vanthuyne is an associate professor of anthropology at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa. Contributors: Janice Cindy Gaudet, Cheryl Gaver, Robyn Green, Jula Hughes, Lawrence Martin/Wapistan, Charles R. Menzies, Arie Molena, Ronald Niezen, Simone Poliandri, and Eric Taylor Woods

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