Teaching and learning the legacy of residential schools for remembering and reconciliation in Canada

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada released a Final Report containing 94 Calls to Action. Included were calls for reform in how history is taught Canadian schools, so that students may learn address such difficult topics as Indian Residential Schools, racism cultural genocide. Operating somewhat parallel these reforms, social studies curricula across have undergone substantial revisions. As result, historical thinking now firmly embedded within most provinces territories. Coupled with developments are various academic debates regarding public pedagogy, knowledge student beliefs about Canada’s colonial past. Such require researchers develop better understanding related currently presented classrooms, this (or not) relate thinking. paper, I explore debate it relates Schools. then analyse selection classroom resources available teaching Reconciliation. doing, consider Peter Seixas’s six concepts (Seixas Morton, 2013), well broader discussions Indigenous world views, empathy