“Speaking Our Truth: a Journey of Reconciliation” by Vernon Barford School Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
This book was gifted to me by my school board, SD62 in the spring of 2019 at a professional development day. I hadn’t really looked into the book until the break I had between the last MET term and this one: two years! I chose to read it because of this course, ETEC 521. Although I thought I had a decent grasp on what reconciliation was, this book took it to another level and helped me understand what reconciliation looked, sounded and felt like, and especially on my own terms. Although I could say that I wish I had picked it up earlier, I’m glad that I took the journey, which has given me the time and space to reflect on how I could use it in the middle school classes that I teach. There is a website with paid teacher guides and resources: http://orcabook.com/speakingourtruth/index.html.
Reference
Smith, G. M. (2017). Speaking our truth: a journey of reconciliation. Orca Book Publishers.