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Author Bio(s)
Indigenous, French Canadian. Northern Ontario
Department
French
Presentation Title
La Réconciliation - en cours? Reconciliation - in progress?
Keywords
Indigenous, reconciliation, French, English, literature
Abstract
For my Master’s in French Mémoire, or thesis, I will be using the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s, TRC, 94 calls to action as a central document. I will study 6 books published by Canadian Indigenous authors, with three in English and three in French. The main question I want to explore is if the 94 calls to action, published in 2015, have had any effect on Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada, whether that effect is of positive progress, negative, or little to no change at all. In order to do this, I will first introduce my texts, giving some details regarding the author, their First Nation, where and when the book was published, and a small resume of the content. I am selecting three texts that were published before November/December 2015 and three published after that same date to explore if there is any influence from what the texts have to say and the final report, as well as if any noticeable dialogue between the report and the texts after 2015 take place, showing any indication of possible progress. In order to achieve all of this, I will give some context on the effects of colonisation in Canada, and what the TRC is and how it came to fruition. I will read all 6 of my chosen texts and decide which of the 94 calls are most pertinent or come up most frequently, with in-depth analysis to help prove or disprove the document’s relevancy for progress.
La Réconciliation - en cours? Reconciliation - in progress?
For my Master’s in French Mémoire, or thesis, I will be using the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s, TRC, 94 calls to action as a central document. I will study 6 books published by Canadian Indigenous authors, with three in English and three in French. The main question I want to explore is if the 94 calls to action, published in 2015, have had any effect on Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada, whether that effect is of positive progress, negative, or little to no change at all. In order to do this, I will first introduce my texts, giving some details regarding the author, their First Nation, where and when the book was published, and a small resume of the content. I am selecting three texts that were published before November/December 2015 and three published after that same date to explore if there is any influence from what the texts have to say and the final report, as well as if any noticeable dialogue between the report and the texts after 2015 take place, showing any indication of possible progress. In order to achieve all of this, I will give some context on the effects of colonisation in Canada, and what the TRC is and how it came to fruition. I will read all 6 of my chosen texts and decide which of the 94 calls are most pertinent or come up most frequently, with in-depth analysis to help prove or disprove the document’s relevancy for progress.