Indian School Road : Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School

"...a welcome and essential addition to the Canadian historical canon." --Joel W. Vaughan, Broken Pencil "Its a powerful, hard-hitting book that will bring the whole sordid history of the schools to new audiences. Hailed by Quill & Quire as one of the seasons most-anticipated Canadian non-fiction titles, the book lives up to that advance billing." --Paul Bennett, Chronicle Herald "...a comprehensive, balanced and well-researched book on how a Canada-wide attempt to assimilate first nation children through brute force played out in one residential school. It's also a page turner. Benjamin knows how to make the story come to life." --Robert Devet, Halifax Media Co-op In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the schools nearly forty years of operation (19301967) and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of Truth and Reconciliation as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mikmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children. The scandalous history of neglect, abuse, and exploitation at a residential school for children—and the ongoing effects in the decades since it closed. In Indian School Road , journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of Canada's Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school's nearly forty years of operation, from 1930 to 1967, and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of the twenty-first-century Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mi'kmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children. A detailed, narrative account of the atrocities of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School from the perspective of survivors, principals, and teachers. Also delves into the school’s long-lasting effects, efforts at truth and reconciliation, and the development of inclusive Mi’kmaw education. Includes 20 images. Chris Benjamin’s first nonfiction book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada, won the Best Atlantic-Published Book Award and was a finalist for the Evelyn Richardson Prize. His novel, Drive-by Saviours, won the Bill Percy Award and was longlisted for Canada Reads. Chris writes opinion and features for magazines across North America, including The Globe and Mail, Audubon Magazine, Saltscapes, and numerous others, and won the 2013 Dave Grebe Freelance Writers Award. Canadian author. « In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Benjamin integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930-1967) and beyond. Exposing the raw wounds of Truth and Reconciliation as well as the struggle for an inclusive Mi’kmaw education system, Indian School Road is a comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the school that uneducated hundreds of Aboriginal children. »-- Résumé de l'éditeur A history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia which was in operation between 1930-1967