In 2026, Vancouver Island Regional Library assumes stewardship of the series from Nanaimo Ladysmith Public School (NLPS) in collaboration with UBC Press and welcomes University of Toronto Press as a guest partner for Season 6. NLPS continues as a valued legacy partner. VIRL approaches stewardship of the series as both an honour and a responsibility—focused on accessibility, sustainability, and respectful partnership so the series can continue reaching communities across the province.
Season 6 of the series is shaped by the questions explored in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous–Settler Relations and Earth Teachings, and by its careful invitation to think deeply about how these two ideas are often understood. Rather than treating resurgence and reconciliation as goals to be achieved, this year-long study approaches them as ongoing, relational practices—learned through attention, responsibility, and care over time.
Founded by Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools as Learning with Syeyutsus, and now stewarded by Vancouver Island Regional Library in partnership with UBC Press and University of Toronto Press, the series remains rooted in respectful partnership, accessibility, and accountability to reconciliation in action.
TRC #57 calls upon federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to provide education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations.
We acknowledge our ancestors and those that have gone before us leading this work. We wish to offer our sincere gratitude and a special thank-you to all speakers in this series.
We encourage all citizens to take the time to learn the true history of Canada and we hope you enjoy this series.