A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland (Social and Economic Studies, 86)

Review\nA Long Journey is a compelling, necessary read. - Joan Sullivan, The Telegram - Joan Sullivan, The Telegram\nAndrea Procter's compelling and comprehensive book...amplifies and balances the personal and scholarly to provide a compassionate and measured depiction of the impacts felt by northern residents as a result of Moravian Mission and International Grenfell Association schools. - Jury, BMO Winterset Award - Jury, BMO Winterset Award\nA Long Journey does not just describe a historical moment; it is a part of it. - John R.H. Matchim, The Canadian Historical Review - John R.H. Matchim, The Canadian Historical Review\nProcter delivers the most thorough examination of its kind. - Jenn Thornhill Verma, Atlantic Books Today - Jenn Thornhill Verma, Atlantic Books Today\nLeft out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.
For years, the story of residential schools has been told by the authorities who ran them. A Long Journey helps redress this imbalance by listening closely to the accounts of former students, as well as drawing extensively on government, community, and school archives. The book examines the history of boarding schools in Labrador and St. Anthony, and, in doing so, contextualizes the ongoing determination of Indigenous communities to regain control over their children’s education.\nFrom the Back Cover\n“We’ve come a long journey.”
— Sarah Anala (Nunatsiavut Elder), 2017
Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.
For years, the story of residential schools has been told by the authorities who ran them. A Long Journey helps redress this imbalance by listening closely to the accounts of former students, as well as drawing extensively on government, community, and school archives. The book examines the history of boarding schools in Labrador and St. Anthony, and, in doing so, contextualizes the ongoing determination of Indigenous communities to regain control over their children’s education.