Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l'action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. Des poèmes, des nouvelles et des contes pour enfants s'entremêlent à des chapitres théoriques, réunissant des récits intimes et des textes universitaires pour interpeller et sensibiliser à la fois l'esprit et le cœur sur ce que la vérité, la réconciliation, et les appels à l'action requièrent de nous tous.

Garry Gottfriedson, Victoria Handford et leurs collaboratrices et collaborateurs invitent le lectorat non seulement à explorer les multiples facettes de l'identité autochtone, mais aussi à cheminer collectivement vers la compréhension et le respect mutuels.

Avec des contributions de 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 et Bernita Wienhold-Leahy.
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). Poetry, short stories, and children's stories sit alongside academic 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 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.
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 cha