In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation

by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail (Editor)

Overview

What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a hard time approaching.

These reflective and personal pieces come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom share their personal light-bulb moments regarding when and how they grappled with the harsh reality of colonization in Canada, and its harmful legacy. Without flinching, they look deeply and honestly at their own experiences and assumptions about race and racial divides in Canada in hopes that the rest of the country will do the same.

Featuring a candid conversation between CBC radio host Shelagh Rogers and Chief Justice Sinclair, this book acts as a call for all Canadians to make reconciliation and decolonization a priority, and reminds us that once we know the history, we all have the responsibility—and ability—to make things better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927366455
Publisher:	TouchWood Editions
Publication date:	04/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail specializes in telling hidden histories for all ages. She has worked as a freelance writer, consultant, speaker, CBC radio columnist, and is Edmonton's former Historian Laureate. In addition to editing the bestselling collection, In This Together, Danielle has authored several nonfiction books. She is currently at work on a creative nonfiction approach to the history and legacy of the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital. Please visit her at daniellemc.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail 1

The Importance of Rivers Carleigh Baker 11

Dropped, Not Thrown Joanna Streetly 23

Drawing Lines Erika Luckert 35

Jawbreakers Donna Kane 45

This Many-Storied Land Kamala Todd 53

The Perfect Tool Zacharias Kunuk 67

To Kill an Indian Steven Cooper Twyla Campbell 75

Two-Step Katherin Edwards 87

Echo Carol Shaben 99

Mother Tongues Katherine Palmer Gordon 111

White Aboriginal Woman Rhonda Kronyk 123

Colonialism Lived Emma Larocque 133

Marking the Page Lorri Neilsen Glenn 145

Lost Fires Still Burn Carissa Halton 159

From Aha to AHO! Antoine Mountain 171

A Conversation between Shelagh Rogers and the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair 183

Contributors 209

Editorial Reviews

A National Post bestselling book.

"In This Together… Deserves to be bought and read." —Walrus

"A poignant anthology … An exceptional and important read." —Broken Pencil

"In This Together demonstrates that colonization is not a thing of Canada’s past, and suggests that real reconciliation is only possible through an honest appraisal of our present." —Quill & Quire

"Why do some wounds take so long to heal? The answer, as it relates to Canada’s indigenous people, becomes clear in this slim but worthy anthology …" —Winnipeg Free Press

"In This Together … reflects the new way of thinking, and the new concept of being Canadian. The stories in this book deal with harsh realities, and give a better understanding of the meaning of race, and the problems caused by racial divides." —Times Colonist

"In This Together is an extremely timely and thought-provoking collection of essays … a powerful volume." —I Heart Edmonton blog

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