Posted on 10 June 2015

Two writers I respect, Wab Kinew and  âpihtawikosisân, have made a fairly simple suggestion: if you’re going to have an opinion on the Truth and Reconciliation Project of Canada’s report on residential schools, you should probably read at least part of it at some point. I, personally, am making it my summer reading project.

The problem is, the thing is available for free online, but it’s in pdf format. That’s fine for a computer, but on other devices it’s a bit of a mess.

So I’ve converted it to Kindle’s .azw format, as well as the .epub format used for iBooks on Apple devices, Google Books, Kobo, and others.

Some of the formatting is a bit off, and the images aren’t as nice, but overall it works. You can read the report wherever, and take notes and highlight passages of text.

UPDATE, JUNE 2021

My original links expired but unfortunately the need for people to read these is as high as ever. I have redone these but I also wanted to let you know how I did this: Using the Calibre Library tool, just in case this expires again, or you want to convert other reports from the Commission available here.

Other formats or links I should add? Message me.

TRC Final Report Executive Summary

Mobi (older Kindle models): Drive; Dropbox

azw3 (newer Kindle models): Drive; Dropbox

ePub (Apple, Android, Kobo): Drive; Dropbox

If you are an oral learner, here is YouTube playlist of volunteers reading the report:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxPr_RIsvg9JJWoiRx2kl2v24r_pu7JbR

And here are audio versions created by the National Network for Equitable Library Service:

https://nnels.ca/trc

Filed under: Canada, Indigenous