Truth and Reconciliation Week 2026

As we mark Truth and Reconciliation Week 2026, we encourage the U of G community to continue learning and having conversations about the history of the residential school system while honouring the children who never returned home and their families. One way you can do this is through exploring these curated collections.

Inside Exploring Indigenous Narratives and Worldviews, you’ll find a variety of works that highlight Indigenous writers, content, and research frameworks. This collection was developed in collaboration with Indigenous Initiatives and the Indigenous Student Centre at U of G. Inside that collection, you’ll find a sub-collection that focuses on Reading for Truth and Reconciliation. New titles are added to these collections each year.

Recently added titles to Truth and Reconciliation sub-collection

• Decolonization and Me: Conversations about Healing a Nation and Ourselves – authored by Phyllis Webstad, the founder of the Orange Shirt Day movement and residential school survivor. 
• Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s Longest-Running Residential School – The story of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s first and longest running residential school, located just an hour from Guelph, in Brantford, Ontario.
• Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lake Indian Day School – The atrocities of the residential school system in Canada are amply documented. Less well-known is the history of day schools, which some two hundred thousand Indigenous youth attended. The Curve Lake Indian Day School was one such school, which operated from 1899-1978.

Visit the library’s Gryph Reads Collection for a physical display

If you’re visiting the library in the coming weeks, you’re invited to view a physical display located in the library’s Gryph Reads Collection on the library’s first floor. Not in the library? View the Gryph Reads Collection Online.

Questions? 

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