Génocide culturel
Réfléchissez sur la façon dont le terme génocide culturel décrit les mesures prises par le gouvernement canadien pour assimiler les Peuples Autochtones au moyen des pensionnats autochtones.
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Genocide
Learn about the origin and meaning of the term genocide as defined in the UN Genocide Convention.
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Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
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They Have Stolen Our Lands
Read this 1910 statement by chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan, and Couteau nations that sheds light on how Indigenous Peoples viewed Europeans during this period.
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Ils ont volé nos terres
Lisez cette déclaration faite en 1910 par les chefs des nations Shuswap, Okanagan, et Couteau qui met en lumière la façon dont les Peuples Autochtones percevaient les Européens pendant cette période.
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Killing the Indian in the Child
Learn about the goal of assimilation held by many in colonial Canada and its influence on the creation of the Indian Residential Schools system.
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Tuer l'Indien dans l'enfant
Apprenez-en plus sur l’objectif de l’assimilation des Peuples Autochtones, tel que préconisé par plusieurs personnes au Canada à l’époque coloniale ainsi que sur son influence sur l’élaboration du système des pensionnats autochtones.
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Everyone Has A Story - Arn Chorn-Pond
Arn Chorn-Pond tells his story as a refugee from the Cambodian Genocide.
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Eyewitness to Buchenwald
Leon Bass, an African-American soldier, describes his experiences entering the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945.
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Holocaust and Human Behavior: A Facing History & Ourselves Elective Course
Get all of the teacher-facing content for the Facing History and Ourselves high school elective course in Google Doc or PDF format.
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Humanity on Trial
This reading provides background on the the Ottoman massacres and the struggle of politicians in the United States to find an appropriate response.
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