Righting Canada's Wrongs: The LGBT Purge and the fight for equal rights in CanadaBy Ken SetteringtonUntil recently, Canadian laws discriminated against LGBT people. Those in the Canadian Military, RCMP and civil service were targeted specifically. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Sixties Scoop and the Stolen Lives of Indigenous ChildrenBy Andrew Bomberry, By Jane HubbardAn examination of the Sixties Scoop – a child welfare policy in Canada that saw the removal of Indigenous children from their families, often by force. |
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Inuit RelocationsResilience and ReconciliationBy Frank James Tester, By Krista Ulujuk ZawadskiThe Inuit community has proven resilient to many attempts at assimilation, relocation and evacuation to the south. The Canadian government has apologized for their racist policies. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs Resource GuideContributions by Lindsay Gibson, Contributions by Ilan Danjoux, Contributions by Roland CaseA resource guide for the Righting Canada's Wrongs series that provides lessons in historical thinking. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential SchoolsThe Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for ActionBy Melanie FlorenceThis updated edition includes the findings of unmarked graves at residential schools and examines the work still to be done to implement the Calls to Action of the TRC Report |
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World WarBy Pamela Hickman, By Jean Smith CavalluzzoA newly updated edition explains how prejudice and racism led to the roundup and internment of hundreds of loyal Italian Canadians during the Second World War and includes the federal government’s apology for the internment in 2021. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs: AfricvilleAn African Nova Scotian Community Is Demolished — and Fights BackBy Gloria Ann WesleyIn the 1960s, after ignoring the Black community’s repeated petitions for basic services, the City of Halifax bulldozed Africville in the name of urban renewal. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. LouisCanada's Anti-Semitic Policies in the Twentieth CenturyBy Rona AratoIn 1939, a ship of Jewish refugees, including hundreds of children, was turned away by the Canadian government, fuelled by anti-Semitic sentiments. In 2018, Canada apologized. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs Resource GuideContributions by Lindsay Gibson, Contributions by Ilan Danjoux, Contributions by Roland CaseA resource guide for the Righting Canada's Wrongs series that provides seven lessons in historical thinking. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential SchoolsThe Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for ActionBy Melanie FlorenceA valuable resource for young people looking to understand a wrong that has been acknowledged, but not yet righted. |
Righting Canada's Wrongs
A highly visual and engaging look at racism and discrimination in Canada's history
Series features
- Voices and stories of those who were affected
- Geared to support history and civics curriculums
- Full-colour images of period artifacts, maps, documents and historic photographs
- Teachers Resource Guide prepared by the Critical Thinking Consortium
Righting Canada's Wrongs is a series devoted to the exploration of the Canadian government's actions that violated the rights of groups of Canadian citizens, the subsequent fight for acknowledgement and justice, and the eventual apologies and restitution by governments.