Brandon University has campuses on Treaty 1 and Treaty 2 lands, and we acknowledge Brandon is on shared territory between the Dakota Oyate, the Anishinaabeg, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Today, many other Indigenous people call Brandon their home today, including the Ininew, Anisininewuk, Denesuline, and Inuit.
This rotating display celebrates those Indigenous peoples and their works. Some of the special displays here are found in the other tabs. Other displays will be added as they are developed. All virtual displays will remain available throughout the year even as the physical displays change.
The following physical book displays will be rotated throughout the year.
First Nation Communities READ (FNCR) is the Ontario First Nation Public Library Community’s contribution to the reading movement. Launched in 2003 by the First Nations Public Library Community in Ontario with support from the Ontario Library Service, it promotes a community-based approach to reading.
FNCR celebrates the very best of Indigenous literature across Turtle Island. The program encourages family literacy, intergenerational storytelling, and intergenerational knowledge transmission. FNCR also helps to increase awareness of the importance of First Nation, Metis, and Inuit writing, illustration, and publishing.
This display celebrates Indigenous Excellence in Canada through displays that include art, music, religion, and the Seven Grandfather Teachings. Links for local Indigenous artists, elders, knowledge keepers, and musicians are also included so you can reach out or discover their works.
Indigenous women aged 15 and older are 3.5 times more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women in Canada, with over 1,200 murdered and missing between 1980 and 2012, possibly even above 4000. Yet, it remains an under represented and understood issue in Canada. This display hopes to help raise education of the issue and how to heal from its many tragedies.
The Program for the Education of Northern Teachers (PENT) runs from April to July each year. This display has some useful resources to help those students get settled. It will also have books grouped into Progress of Education, Teaching Resources, and Traditional Knowledge.
A list of resources can be found in the PENT section of this display. It will also be available as part of the Indigenous Interest Display in the John E. Robbins Library display shelves on the first floor near the circulation desk.
This display covers a wide range of stories from Indigenous Canadian authors, including anthologies across various genres, Indigenous histories and stories, as well as more visual storytelling from comics and graphic novels. It also contains links to other places you can find Indigenous literature.
Held in Canada on September 30th every year, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation memorializes the multigenerational atrocities of the Canadian Indian residential school system.
This cultural genocide still impacts Indigenous communities today and this display contains both books and links related to the life stories that came from it.
FNCR celebrates the very best of Indigenous literature across Turtle Island. The program encourages family literacy, intergenerational storytelling, and intergenerational knowledge transmission. FNCR also helps to increase awareness of the importance of First Nation, Metis, and Inuit writing, illustration, and publishing.
This virtual display covers the following topics:
This display celebrates Indigenous Excellence in Canada through displays that include art, music, religion, and the Seven Grandfather Teachings. Links for local Indigenous artists, elders, knowledge keepers, and musicians are also included so you can reach out or discover their works.
This virtual display cover the following topics:
Indigenous women aged 15 and older are 3.5 times more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women in Canada, with over 1,200 murdered and missing between 1980 and 2012, possibly even above 4000. Yet, it remains an under represented and understood issue in Canada. This display hopes to help raise education of the issue and how to heal from its many tragedies.
This virtual display covers the following topics:
The Program for the Education of Northern Teachers (PENT) runs from April to July each year. This display has some useful resources to help those students get settled.
This virtual display covers the following topics:
This display covers a wide range of stories from Indigenous Canadian authors, including anthologies across various genres, Indigenous histories and stories, as well as more visual storytelling from comics and graphic novels. It also contains links to other places you can find Indigenous literature.
This virtual display covers the following topics:
Held in Canada on September 30th every year, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation memorializes the multigenerational atrocities of the Canadian Indian residential school system. This cultural genocide still impacts Indigenous communities today and this display contains both books and links related to the life stories that came from it.
This virtual display covers the following topics: