Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts Its History

"Professor Jim Miller of the University of Saskatchewan pulls back the curtain on the historical blame game. Residential Schools and Reconciliation documents Ottawa’s handling of Aboriginal issues. This is not ancient history. It just happened."

Holly Doan, Blacklock’s Reporter

"As colonial nations around the world seek pathways to post-conflict reconciliation, J.R. Miller’s timely work is an important reminder of both the potential obstacles and the healing possibilities of such initiatives."

Leigh Anne Williams, Publishers Weekly

‘For those who want to understand Canadian reconciliation attempts and their historical context specifically pertaining to residential schools, Residential Schools and Reconciliation is where they should turn.’

Cory Kapeller, Saskatchewan Law Review

"Miller’s study does not examine the history of residential schools or draw upon horrors recounted by survivors; rather, it looks at what churches, courts, and the state itself have done in reaction, sometimes haltingly. Here his scholarship breaks new ground: few scholars have traced the nitty-gritty of how reconciliation was and is negotiated or set it so firmly in a historical context."

Susan Neylan, Wilfrid Laurier University, The Canadian Historical Review

"In this book, Miller provides Canadians with an invaluable, insightful, and accessible resource on reconciliation in Canada."

Joanna Dawson, Canada’s History

"Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts Its History explains how, in a quarter of a century, the Indigenous peoples’ version of the history of Indian Residential Schools has left the margins and moved to the centre of our understanding of Canadian history."

Donald B. Smith, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Calgary

"J.R. Miller conceives of reconciliation as an ongoing consideration of how we relate to one another when we share our interpretations of Canadian history. Residential Schools and Reconciliation’s contribution is substantial in that it challenges all Canadians to think about what reconciliation can be."

Jonathan Anuik, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta

"J.R. Miller has done it again: a cogent, fair-minded analysis of a significant moment in Canada's hesitant and bumpy journey to truth and reconciliation. Few scholars have done more to enlighten us about this critical relationship."

Bob Rae, Distinguished Professor at the Victoria University and the University of Toronto School of Governance and Public Policy