Knowledge Sharing

Nitoyi

Nitoyi is the moment you know you belong. It is the moment when things start, and an idea pops into your head when you understand. Nitoyi is the beginning. 

Nitoyi is the very point of change.

The following collection of resources is meant to begin or continue your decolonization journey. It is, by no means, the full extent of knowledge sharing available. You are encouraged to research the topics below and attend any teachings or talking circles. 

Land acknowledgement

Decolonization

Is your mind colonized? A poster campaign at Mount Royal University challenges students, faculty and staff to think deeply about their beliefs and biases regarding Indigenous people and colonization in Canada.

And while the posters have become a familiar sight and talking point on campus, the Office of Indigenization and Decolonization campaign has captured Albertans and Canadians as a whole to continue down the path to reconciliation.

• If your organization is in the education sector or a non-profit, you can register to participate in one or all three of the poster campaigns.
• If your organization is in the corporate sector, you can register to participate in one or all three of the poster campaigns. minimum $100 donation. As MRU moves to decolonize and Indigenize, your donation will enrich and enable traditional thinkers from surrounding communities to engage, teach and enhance all aspects of MRU's opportunities to learn authentic Indigenous ways of knowing.

Understanding decolonization with dr. linda manyguns

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Truth and reconciliation

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
94 Calls to Action
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
What we’ve learned
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Residential school history and survivor stories

Residential school timeline
Survivors speak
Where are the children? Residential school survivors' stories
stolen children  |  Residential school survivors speak out
Reckoning at St. Anne’s
Historical government reports related to residential school systems
Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers an apology to residential school survivors and all Indigenous Peoples of Canada
Did you live near a residential school?
Canadian shame: a history of residential schools

Every Child Matters

Phyllis’ Story: The original orange shirt
Every Child Matters publication
Every Child Matters: Reconciliation — Act One
Every Child Matters: Reconciliation — Act Two

Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit

Reclaiming power and place: 231 individual calls for justice
Unresolved. case closed or murder?
MMIWG & violence prevention
2021 missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people national action plan: ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and2SLGBTQIA+ people

Experimentation and sterilization

The cure was worse
Canada subjected Indigenous people to ‘cruel’ medical experiments, lawsuit claims
Forced sterilization
The coerced sterilization of Indigenous women
Indigenous women still forced, coerced into sterilization: senate report
Canada’s shameful history of sterilizing Indigenous women

Indigenous women’s rights

Native Women’s Association of Canada
What is Bill C-31 and C-3?
Indigenous women and the franchise
Voting rights: Indigenous suffrage in Manitoba and beyond
Defending the rights of Indigenous women
Indigenous feminism is our culture
Inspiring stories of Indigenous women entrepreneurialism within alberta

Indigenous veterans

Native veterans
14 facts you may not know about the contributions of Indigenous veterans
Honouring Indigenous heroes: Tommy Prince
Our warriors: Francis Pagahmagabow
Nov. 8 — National Indigenous Veterans Day

• Recognition of National Indigenous Veterans Day began in 1994 and was inaugurated in Winnipeg. National Indigenous veterans day recognizes Indigenous contributions to military service in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean war. it occurs annually on November 8. Since its inauguration, it has spread nationwide. 

Métis nation

The Métis people of Canada laid many of the economic foundations that established and built Canada. The first Métis people emerged in eastern Canada in the early 1600s with the arrival of European explorers. when French and Scottish fur traders married Indigenous women, the cree, Anishinabe (Ojibway) and their descendants formed a distinct culture, collective consciousness and nationhood. The Métis people in British Columbia and many of the first nations people of BC and other areas of Canada are designated “non-status” for various reasons.

• Métis Nation of Alberta — History
• Métis Nation of Alberta — Timeline
• Métis Nation of Alberta Constitution
• Métis settlements and farms
• Symbols of Métis culture
• The history of the Métis settlements in Alberta and the 'famous five'

Anti-Indigenous racism

Legacy of Hope Foundation
Implicit bias test
Anti-Indigenous Racism in Canada
Discrimination of Aboriginals on Native lands in Canada
Racism | Indigenous peoples atlas of Canada
Indigenous Peoples: A guide to terminology
The history of the Métis
Why cultural appropriation is disrespectful
Think before you appropriate
Cultural appropriation vs appreciation
What is the difference between appropriation and appreciation?
Sixties Scoop
The Indian Act explained | The Agenda
The Indian Act: What to do with it | The Agenda
7 first nation facts you should know
23 things on what not to say or do when working with Indigenous peoples
Assembly of First Nations
Indigenous in plain sight

Indigenous education

Association of Canadian Deans of Education — Indigenous Education Accord

Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for Indigenizing the Canadian academy

The Seven Grandfather Teachings

Read

Watch

Listen

• CBC Massey Lectures | #6: Asia and the art of storytelling. Ideas with Nahlah Ayed, CBC Listen. 
  • This is a podcast about Black identities being taken. The discussion is rich, relevant and similar to the facts when Indigenous identity is claimed.  

Stand in solidarity

Ways to get involved:

Stardale Women's Group
Idle No More
Orange Shirt Day
Sisters in Spirit
Moose Hide Campaign
Honouring Indigenous Peoples
Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
ImagineNative
Indspire
The last stand for ancient temperate rainforests: International solidarity toolkit
Red Dress Day
Volunteer
Donate

Knowledge bundles

Explore these exhibits:

ReDress Project
Witness Blanket
Walking with our Sisters
Legacy of Hope

Mount Royal Library collects and makes available a range of resources to students and faculty to support the goals of the  university’s Indigenous strategic plan and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission  calls to action. Search the library's full collection of print and electronic materials, or browse curated collections, including:

Indigenous language learning:  is a selection of books, films and other materials that support language learners

Residential schools collection:   can be accessed on the library website and contains materials related to the history of residential schools in Canada

Indigenous studies subject guide:  contains a wealth of resources, including selected databases, background sources, books and primary sources to support faculty and students conducting research related to Indigenous studies. this guide is updated and managed by the Indigenous Studies Librarian.

Full collection available at  mru.ca/library.