Social Science Indigenous Studies
Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope
Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation
- Publisher
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2024
- Category
- Indigenous Studies, Activism & Social Justice, Research
- Recommended Age
- 15 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 10 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780776644660
- Publish Date
- Nov 2024
- List Price
- $41.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9782760344785
- Publish Date
- Nov 2024
- List Price
- $31.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780776644653
- Publish Date
- Nov 2024
- List Price
- $71.95
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Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation demonstrates actions academics have taken in relation to some of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Poetry, short stories, and children’s stories sit alongside scholarly chapters, mixing personal and academic voices to challenge and engage both the head and the heart about what Truth and Reconciliation—and the Calls to Action—require of us all.
Garry Gottfriedson, Victoria Handford, and their collaborators invite readers not only to explore the diverse facets of Indigenous identity, but also to embark on a transformative, collective journey towards mutual understanding and respect.
Contributions by Dorothy Cucw-la7 Christian, Georgann Cope Watson, Garry Gottfriedson, Victoria (Tory) Handford, Sarah Ladd, Patricia Liu Baergen, Tina Matthew, Rod McCormick, Gloria Ramirez, Fred Schaub, and Bernita Wienhold-Leahy
About the authors
Garry Gottfriedson, from the Secwepemc nation (Shuswap), was born, raised and lives in Kamloops, B.C. Growing up on a ranch in a ranching and rodeo family, he has been fully immersed in his people’s traditions and spirituality. He comes from four generations of horse people. His passion for horses, raising and training them, still continues to this day. He holds a Master of Education from Simon Fraser University and has studied Creative Writing at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. His published works include 100 Years of Contact (SCES, 1990); In Honour of Our Grandmothers (Theytus, 1994); Glass Tepee (Thistledown, 2002, and nominated for First People’s Publishing Award 2004); Painted Pony (Partners in Publishing, 2005); Whiskey Bullets (Ronsdale, 2006, and Anskohk Aboriginal Award finalist); Skin Like Mine (Ronsdale, 2010, and shortlisted for Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry); Jimmy Tames Horses (Kegedonce, 2012); Chaos Inside Thunderstorms (Ronsdale, 2014); Deaf Heaven (Ronsdale, 2016). His works have been anthologized both nationally and internationally. He has read from his work across Canada and in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Garry Gottfriedson's profile page
Victoria Handford is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. She is also the Coordinator of Graduate Programs. Her research interests include school, and school district leadership, and trust.
Victoria Handford's profile page
Dorothy Cucw-la7 Christian's profile page
Georgann Cope Watson's profile page
Patricia Liu Baergen's profile page
Bernita Weinhold-Leahy's profile page
Nicholas Ng-A-Fook is a professor and director of the Teacher Education Program at the University of Ottawa.
Nicholas Ng-A-Fook's profile page
Carole Fleuret est professeure titulaire en didactique des langues secondes à la Faculté d’éducation de l’Université d’Ottawa. Ses recherches portent sur l’appropriation de l’écrit, entre autres, sur le développement orthographique et sur l’étude des composantes sociocognitives et culturelles en jeu dans la socialisation à l’écrit en langue seconde par l’entremise des orthographes approchées, de la littérature de jeunesse et de l’approche interculturelle. Elle s’intéresse aux populations plurilingues et minorisées.
Excerpt: Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation (edited by Garry Gottfriedson & Victoria Handford; contributions by Dorothy Cucw-la7 Christian, Georgann Cope Watson, Sarah Ladd, Patricia Liu Baergen, Tina Matthew, Rod McCormick, Gloria Ramirez, Alfred Schaub & Bernita Weinhold-Leahy; series edited by Nicholas Ng-A-Fook & Carole Fleuret)
Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation invites and demonstrates actions by academics in relation to some of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It does this in two ways. Throughout you will find poetry, short stories, and children’s stories. You will also encounter academic chapters. We hope you will find the mixing of personal and academic voices a challenge and engages you to consider what Truth—and Reconciliation—and the Calls to Action—require of each of us. These voices are used to engage both the head and the heart. Change needs the engagement of both to succeed.
The collection includes six chapters of varying styles and more than 10 poetry contributions, some of which are listed in the Table of Contents, and some of which are internal to the chapters themselves and are therefore listed only in the List of Poems. The actions that are addressed in this collection include “Language and Culture,” “Health,” Education for Reconciliation,” “Business and Reconciliation,” “Commemoration,” and “Newcomers to Canada,” notwithstanding that the cover photo itself is a poignant, emotional representation of “Missing Children and Burial Information.”
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One of the aims of this book is to provoke real change. The Calls to Action, published in 2015, make it clear that colonial thinking and pandering to issues rather than addressing them must stop. To this end, we embrace the Indigenous values of all people. It is the voices of the many, aiming at change, that is going to make this country better for all. For “all” includes beginning, experienced, and expert academics. We invited all: those willing and able to invest the time and energy to learn and to, correspondingly, work. There was vulnerability for everyone in this process. By using the priorities of a university related to research and dissemination, we hope we will change the country! This work is academic, albeit also creative (ideally then—using both sides of the brain, and a level of personalization that is often not part of academic writing). It will take a total investment, including all brain capacity and emotional capacity, to do what needs to be done.
This collection is intended to be helpful, to stimulate creativity, and, most importantly, to encourage all to act according to their abilities, interests, and opportunities, on the actions demanded by the TRC Calls to Action. It may be useful in a college or university classroom. It may be useful for Indigenous communities. And it may inspire other works that expand on this concept. In the end, the goal remains the same—change. Change requires personal commitment. We hope we inspire commitment and actions.
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