Reconciliation Resources
Discover many ways to engage in reconciliation all year round by exploring the resources on this page.
Need Support?
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation may be difficult, as many continue to reflect, heal and confront traumas. If you need support, resources are available.
Dr. Marguerite (Peggy) Hill Memorial Lecture
Books
Who We Are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation by The Honourable Murray Sinclair
The Knowing by Tanya Talaga
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Robert Joseph
Websites
Why Orange Shirts? Read Phyllis Webstad's story (Orange Shirt Society)
What are the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and how are we working towards achieving them today? (Reconciliation Education)
Did you know that the University of Toronto has specific Calls to Action in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada? The recommendations in the report, Answering the Call: Wecheehetowin, address Indigenous spaces, faculty and staff, curriculum, research ethics and community relationships, students and co-curricular education, and leadership.
GCWP-IH at Women’s College Hospital takes an innovative approach to mobilize and implement recommendations specific to healthcare and education from multiple guiding documents and frameworks, which are available on this resource hub.
Please feel free to circulate this guide broadly so that you and members of your division can familiarize yourselves with the meaning and traditions that are significant to many.
Please feel free to circulate this guide broadly so that you and members of your division can familiarize yourselves with the meaning and traditions that are significant to many.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
CBC, 2021
JUNO Award-winning artist Elisapie hosts a special that honours the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples affected by the tragedies of the residential school system in Canada, with musical tributes and ceremonies in Indigenous communities across the land.
The Story Behind the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
APTN News, 2023
APTN’s Tina House takes us through the history of residential schools, how Canada is trying to reconcile and how survivors are coping.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Playlist (9 films)
National Film Board of Canada
These films illuminate the intergenerational trauma inflicted through this and other forced-assimilation policies which continue to ripple through communities even today.
Liz Ozawamick addresses TRC Day
OCAD University, 2023
Learn more about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with OCAD U's Indigenous Elder in Residence Elizabeth Osawamick.
The Secret Life of Canada
The country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. New episodes every second Thursday.
Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild
Join Rosanna Deerchild every Friday for vibrant conversations with our cousins, aunties, elders, and heroes. Rosanna guides us on the path to better understanding our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize our minds– one word, one concept, one story at a time.
Indigenous Wellness Counselling Support (for U of T Students)
In partnership with Health and Wellness Centre, offers holistic, culturally grounded mental health and wellness supports for Indigenous students. These services are led by the Indigenous Wellness Counsellor & Coordinator and are open to all self-identified First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students across all three campuses at U of T.
Book an appointment:
Tel: +1 416 978-8030 (Option 5)
Email: mentalhealth.hwc@utoronto.ca
Website: studentlife.utoronto.ca/hwc
Employee & Family Assistance Program (for U of T Faculty & Staff)
U of T employees and their families have access to the EFAP, a free service offering confidential short–term counselling, coaching, information, and support for all types of issues relating to health and well-being.
Tel: 1-855-597-2110
Website: https://people.utoronto.ca/employees/efap/
Hope for Wellness Helpline
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples seeking emotional support, crisis intervention, or referrals to community-based services. Support is available in English and French and, by request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.
Tel: 1-855-242-3310
Website (online chat): hopeforwellness.ca
Native Youth Crisis Hotline
This 24/7 crisis line is for Indigenous youth and is available for residents of Canada and the United States.
Tel: 1-877-209-1266
Website: students.carleton.ca/services/native-youth-crisis-hotline/
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
Improves health and well-being with Anishnawbe Health Toronto traditional healers, Elders and medicine people, and other health professionals.
Tel: 416-360-0486 or 416-920-2605
Website: https://aht.ca/
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
24-hour emotional and crisis referral services
Tel: 1-866-925-4419
Office of Learner Affairs (for Temerty Medicine Learners)
The Office of Learner Affairs (OLA) offers personal counselling services to learners in at Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Learner Life Specialists (LLS) provide confidential individual counselling, system navigation and support to learners on both the St. George and Mississauga campuses. LLSs are trained mental health professionals with graduate degrees in either social work, counselling psychology or occupational therapy. There is no cost to see a Learner Life Specialist.
Email: ola.reception@utoronto.ca
Website: meded.temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/learner-life-specialists-lls