{"id":16382,"date":"2023-10-23T13:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/?p=16382"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:03:06","slug":"what-stories-do-i-we-need-to-hear-and-read-to-better-understand-truth-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/what-stories-do-i-we-need-to-hear-and-read-to-better-understand-truth-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning and leading in Truth and Reconciliation educator series: October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On September 30th<\/sup> the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation launched Pathways to Meaningful Action: A Reflection Guide for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Beyond<\/a>. This reflection guide was designed as a learning tool to help educators examine and confront their existing connections to Truth and Reconciliation and build powerful steps forward with suggested prompts and linked resources to meaningfully support and engage young people in their classrooms along this important learning journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the resources of this reflection guide, we made a commitment to our educator community to share out further learning opportunities and book recommendations throughout the school year to extend the work of Truth and Reconciliation in their classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our educator focus for October revolves around the following question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What stories do I\/we need to hear and read to better understand truth and reconciliation?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stories are powerful ways of connecting to other people\u2019s experiences, opening our imaginations and providing greater insight into important truths. When thinking about the ongoing journey of truth and reconciliation, reading and listening to stories can help us and our learners overcome barriers to change. Our opinions and perspectives can also be enriched by different vantage points on critical social issues, and we are enlarged by encounters with worldviews that could be slightly or even significantly different from our own. Storytelling is also a powerful way for us to connect through empathy with the narratives and experiences of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading and listening to challenging stories from Indigenous peoples, communities, and nations is profoundly important for better understanding important truths of history. These diverse stories can challenge deeply-held narratives about the origins of institutions and structures that can enact and reproduce harm. And while these stories may be uncomfortable to listen to, read, and sit with, they are integral to helping us more honestly grapple with the legacies of oppression, thereby providing important opportunities for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you and your learners engage in these stories, we encourage you to look for opportunities to process emotions and make connections to your contexts. Some guiding questions might be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n