Our Shared Future: Windows into Canada's Reconciliation Journey

This edited collection explores innovative and courageous efforts to reconcile conflicts between Indigenous people, settlers, and their descendants in Canada, offering a multi-disciplinary approach to decolonization, peacebuilding, and conflict transformation. It provides insights from scholars, students, and practitioners and highlights positive conflict transformation through education, economics, business, land sharing, and justice reform.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 21 December 2021
Publisher: Lexington Books

This edited collection offers a profound exploration of innovative and courageous initiatives aimed at resolving the conflicts that have shaped the history of Indigenous people, settlers, and their descendants in Canada. From the outset, the volume contextualizes Canada's ongoing reconciliation journey, emphasizing that it is a complex and multifaceted endeavor that is far from complete. Spanning multiple disciplines, including decolonization, peacebuilding, and conflict transformation, this comprehensive treatise is a vital resource for scholars, students, and practitioners of peacebuilding seeking a deeper understanding of reconciliation, decolonization, and community-building.

Contributors from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds, hailing from across Canada, share their perspectives on positive conflict transformation through diverse lenses such as education, economics, business, land sharing, and justice reform. The authors candidly share their personal and professional journeys, providing valuable insights and research into how individuals and institutions are responding to reconciliation. Each chapter offers a window into the tangible ways in which Canadians are working towards building a peaceful and shared future, fostering a sense of unity and cooperation among diverse communities.

This edited collection serves as a testament to the resilience and determination of the Canadian people in their pursuit of reconciliation. It highlights the importance of dialogue, empathy, and respect in resolving historical disputes and promotes a collective commitment to building a more inclusive and equitable society for all. By exploring the complexities and challenges of reconciliation, this collection provides valuable insights and practical strategies for promoting peace and harmony in other contexts as well.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793603494