Author

Merasty, Joseph Auguste

Carpenter, David

Place of Publication

Sakatchewan, SK

Publisher

University of Regina Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

Hardcover; 150 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Trauma Survivors

Abstract

A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.

A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation.

As Augie recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mould children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.

But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through.

ISBN

9780889774575

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

GN 400 MER 2017

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Author

Haines, Steve

Standing, Sophie (ill.)

Publisher

Singing Dragon

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

Graphic novel; [np]

Subject

Trauma

Trauma Survivors

Mental Disorders-Coping

Abstract

This graphic novel answers your questions about trauma:

What is trauma?

How does it change the way our brains work?

And how can we overcome it?

Squeeze any human hard enough and they will be overwhelmed.

This comic explains the strange nature of trauma and how it confuses the brain and affects the body. With cat and mouse metaphors, essential scientific facts, and a healthy dose of wit, the narrator reveals how trauma resolution involves changing the body's physiology and techniques that can achieve this.

ISBN

9781848192935

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

CD 700 HAI 2016

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