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Using this page

This page has been designed to allow you to create a mix'n'match kit of Righting Canada's Wrongs series books.

These books are ideal for Social Studies 10 outcomes:

  • residential schools and other discriminatory policies and injustices against First Peoples in BC and Canada
  • discriminatory policies and injustices in Canada and the world, including the head tax, the Komagata Maru incident, racial segregation and the destruction of Hogan’s Alley, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians
  • the Holocaust and the concept of genocide

Social Justice 12 outcomes:

  • social injustices in Canada and the world affecting individuals, groups, and society

Steps:

  1. Select which titles you want and how many. You can have up to 15 copies of each title except the teacher resource guide.
  2. Click Add all checked items to order form to create a cart for checkout.
  3. Select a date and click  to see if they're all available. If they're not try another date.
  4. Wait for them to arrive in the school mail.
  5. Teach!

Righting Canada's Wrongs

Africville

 

In 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.

Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis
 

In 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.

The Chinese Head Tax and Anti-Chinese Immigration Policies in the 20th Century

This visual history shows how, after the CPR to Vancouver was finished, Canada imposed racist, anti-Chinese immigration policies that lasted more than 60 years.

Inuit Relocations - Colonial Policies and Practices, Inuit Resilience and Resistance

A ground-breaking account of multiple forced relocations by the Canadian government of Inuit communities and individuals.

Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War
 

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.

Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War
 

During the Second World War, over 20,000 Japanese Canadians had their civil rights, homes, possessions, and freedom taken away. This visual-packed book tells the story.

The Komagata Maru and Canada's Anti-Indian Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

 

A visual history of the courageous Indians who sailed to Vancouver to start a new life — only to be turned away by a racist immigration policy

The LGBT Purge and the Fight For Equal Rights in Canada


 

Until recently, Canadian laws discriminated against LGBTQ+ people. Those in the Canadian Military, RCMP and civil service were targeted specifically.

Residential Schools: The Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for Action

This 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.

The Sixties Scoop and the Stolen Lives of Indigenous Children

An examination of the Sixties Scoop—a child welfare policy in Canada that saw the removal of Indigenous children from their families, often by force.

Resource Guide
 

A resource guide for the Righting Canada’s Wrongs series that provides lessons in historical thinking.

  

 

 

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