Canada's residential schools. Volume 1, The history, Part 2 1939 to 2000 : the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Cover Image

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Canada's residential schools. Volume 1, The history, Part 2 1939 to 2000 : the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (Added Author).

Summary:

Carries the story of the residential school system from the end of the Great Depression to the closing of the last remaining schools in the late 1990s. It demonstrates that the underfunding and unsafe living conditions that characterized the early history of the schools continued into an era of unprecedented growth and prosperity for most Canadians. A miserly funding formula meant that into the late 1950s school meals fell short of the Canada Food Rules.

Record details

ISBN: 9780773546523 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 813 p., 38 unnumbered p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Montreal : Published for The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [581]-813)

Formatted Contents Note:

Section 3 : the Canadian residential school system, 1940 to 2000. Operating and dismantling the system : 1940-2000 -- The educational record : 1940-2000 -- The schools as child-welfare institutions : 1940-2000 -- Building conditions : 1940-1969 -- Health : 1940-2000 -- Diet and nutrition : 1940-2000 -- Fire hazard : 1940-2000 -- Runaways and truants : 1940-2000 -- Discipline : 1940-2000 -- Abuse : 1940-2000 -- Student victimization of students : 1940-2000 -- Sports and the arts : 1940-2000 -- The staff experience : 1940-2000 -- Getting to the Settlement Agreement.