Resources
Social accountability is one of the NOSM University’s core values. This means that NOSM University is dedicated to addressing the priority health concerns of the people and communities of Northern Ontario, including over 100 Indigenous communities of Northern Ontario. Indigenous Affairs has provided links to key resources, organizations and services for your information. We invite you to take a closer look at the learning opportunities in the suggested resources books, podcasts, websites, and more. We would like to offer a continue welcome to all who wish to connect or learn more about Indigenous culture, traditions and teachings.
NOSM University Resources:
- The NOSM U Challenge: Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025
- Expert Panel on Indigenous Relations
- NOSM University’s Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action
- Remote First Nation Residency Stream
- Indigenous Health Research
- NOSM University Health Sciences Library – Indigenous Health Resources
- NOSM University Health Sciences Library – Treaty Recognition Week
Community Resources:
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
- National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
- Joint Commitment to Action on Indigenous Health Update Report (AFMC)
- Indigenous Primary Health Care Council: Indigenous Cultural Safety Program
More Resources:
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Books
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph.
- A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879-1986, John S. Milloy.
- A Promise is a Promise, Michale Kusugak & Robert Munsch.
- As Long as the Rivers Flow, James Bartleman.
- Braiding Legal Orders, Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, John Borrows, Larry Chartrand, Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and Risa Schwartz.
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plant, Robin Wall Kimmerer.
- Calling Down the Sky by Rosanna Deerchild.
- Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education, Sheila Cote-Meek.
- Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit, Marie Battiste.
- Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies, Renee Linklater.
- Drawing Out Law: A Spirits Guide, John Borrows.
- Edible and Medicinal Artic Plants: An Inuit Elders Perspective, Aalasi Joamie, Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler.
- Finding My Talk: How Fourteen Native Women Reclaimed Their Lives after Residential School by Agnes Grant.
- From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless, and Finding My Way, Jesse Thistle.
- Half-Breed, Maria Campbell.
- Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot.
- Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
- I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer.
- I am woman, by Lee Maracle.
- Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese.
- Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit, Jo-Ann Archibald.
- Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Metis & Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel.
- Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead.
- Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age, by Darrel J. McLeod.
- Medicine to Help Us: Traditional Metis Plant Use, by Christi Belcourt.
- Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods, by Shawn Wilson.
- Seven Fallen Feathers, by Tanya Talaga.
- Shingwauk’s Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools, by J.R. Miller.
- The Courage of a Nation: Healing from Intergenerational Trauma, Addiction and Multiple Loss by Teresa Naseba Marsh.
- The Creator’s Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood, by Allan Downey.
- The Inconvenient Indian, A Curious Account of Native People in North America, by Thomas King.
- The Red Files by Lisa Bird-Wilson.
- The Right to be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet, by Sheila Watt-Cloutier.
- They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at Indian Residential School, by Bev Sellars.
- Treaty 9, Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario 1905, by John S. Long.
- Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call, by Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson & Arthur Manuel.
- Up Ghost River, by Edmund Metatawabin.
- Whose Land is it Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization by Peter McFarlane & Nicole Schabus.
Podcasts
Documentaries and Movies
Websites and Links
Cultural Resources
Community Connections
Do you have a resource you would like to share? Email us at Indigenous@nosm.ca
