Courage and Complicity
Moral outrage meets institutional apathy

I came across Courage and Complicity soon after hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered in former Canadian residential schools. It is a time of mourning and reflection in Canada. Of course, I do also want to read #OwnVoices books. Like Mary Brock, I am a native Torontonian and I have little firs......more

I took this book with me during a long train journey and I enjoyed every minute of it. I like the way the story explains a specific situation through the lives of all the people living in the school and gives you an idea of how the whole culture of a group of people was dismissed as something inferi......more

Claudette has written an accessible and moving novel about a Canadian tragedy of epic proportion, our residential schools. For a non-expert on the subject, and I think especially for young adults, she offers a well wrought story with a host of interesting and well defined characters. The main protag......more

A young woman from Toronto travels to northern Canada for her first year as a teacher. The school is one of many "Indian" residential schools that operated in Canada in the late 18th century and up through the mid 20th century. These elementary schools required students to live away from their paren......more

Well-researched and sensitively written, this novel makes a significant contribution to bringing hard truths forward, and to understanding the urgent need for truth and reconciliation. The writing flows smoothly throughout. The author creates memorable images and is skilled in developing complex cha......more