In honour of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, the Library has curated a list of books and audiobooks of Indigenous voices, stories and lived experiences. Read or listen to new titles such as:

• Tanya Talaga's The knowing (2024): Award-winning and bestselling Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga retells the history of this country as only she can—through an Indigenous lens, beginning with the life of her great-great grandmother Annie Carpenter and her family as they experienced decades of government- and Church-sanctioned enfranchisement and genocide.
• Helen Knott's Becoming a matriarch: A memoir (2023): Having lost both her mom and grandma in just over six months, forced to navigate the fine lines between matriarchy, martyrdom, and codependency, Knott realizes she must let go, not just of them, but let go of who she thought she was. Woven into the pages are themes that touch on mourning, staying sober through loss, and generational dreaming.
• Marie Wilson's North of nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation commissioner (2024): The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped lead that work as one of just three commissioners. With the skills of a journalist, the heart of a mother and grandmother, and the insights of a life as the spouse of a residential school survivor, Commissioner Wilson guides readers through her years witnessing survivor testimony across the country, providing her unique perspective on the personal toll and enduring public value of the commission. In this unparalleled account, she honours the voices of survivors who have called Canada to attention, determined to heal, reclaim, and thrive.
• Jennifer Grenz's, Medicine wheel for the planet: A journey toward personal and ecological healing (2024): Building on sacred stories, field observations and her own journey, Dr. Grenz invites readers to share in the teachings of the four directions of the medicine wheel: the North, which draws upon the knowledge and wisdom of elders; the East, where we let go of colonial narratives and see with fresh eyes; the South, where we apply new-old worldviews to envision a way forward; and the West, where a relational approach to land reconciliation is realized.
• Jody Wilson-Raybould's True reconciliation: How to be a force for change (2022): True Reconciliation is broken down into three core practices—Learn, Understand, and Act—that can be applied by individuals, communities, organizations, and governments. They are based on the historical and contemporary experience of Indigenous peoples in their relentless efforts to effect transformative change and decolonization; and deep understanding and expertise about what has been effective in the past, what we are doing right, and wrong, today, and what our collective future requires. True Reconciliation, ultimately, is about building transformed patterns of just and harmonious relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples at all levels of society.

Explore these resources and more in our two Truth & Reconciliation Library Spotlights: 

• Truth and Reconciliation: Read (books and ebooks)
• Truth and Reconciliation: Listen (audiobooks)

The College Employer Council (CEC) and CAAT-A bargaining teams are continuing to negotiate. The CAAT-A bargaining team has asked for a strike vote and conciliation while negotiating. The Ministry of Labour has set strike vote dates beginning Tuesday, October 15 at noon until Thursday, October 17 at 3 p.m. Conciliation dates will be announced when available.

To the Humber and Guelph-Humber community,

On behalf of the Wellness Education and Programs team, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your support during Take Back the Night on Thursday September 19. Your contributions in promoting campus services, leading wellness activities, and participating in the march were invaluable, and the success of the evening was made possible by your efforts.

Thanks to your involvement, learners had the opportunity to connect and gain insights into the services and resources you offer. We successfully engaged with over 300+ students, reinforcing our collective mission to enhance their campus experience.

In conclusion, we hope you found value in participating in Take Back the Night. Events like these remind us of the significance of cultivating a safe and responsive campus community in support of our learners. We sincerely appreciate your ongoing commitment and could not have achieved this without each of you.

We look forward to hosting the event again next year!

With thanks,

Wellness Education and Programs 
Student Wellness and Equitable Learning  

Offloading (iOS 11+)

In iOS 11, Apple introduced a feature that will “offload” unused apps if device storage becomes low and other criteria. While user data is maintained, the app will not be visible unless the user restores it to their device via the App Store.

Hibernation (Android 11+)

Starting with Android 11, if a user does not interact with your app for a few months, the app will automatically be placed in a hibernation state by the operating system. Once the app is in this state it may not receive important push notifications or perform background tasks. This is the default behaviour of the operating system, and it currently cannot be disabled programmatically by the app. When a user interacts with an app by resuming it or pressing on a notification the system extends the amount of time before an app is hibernated.

In order to rectify, we have scheduled an in-app notification that is being sent every three months to turn off iOS offloading or Android Hibernation.

For Android devices, the Hibernation feature is a per-app setting, therefore the reminder will only occur if the setting is enabled at the time of the scheduled reminder. If the user had previously turned this setting off and then consequently turned it back on they will once again continue to receive notifications.

For iOS devices, Offloading is a device-wide setting, presently there is no API within iOS to check the status of this setting from within the app. Therefore, the scheduled reminders will continue to occur at the configured interval regardless of whether the Offload setting is turned on or off.

The message will appear when Guardian App is open, and it describes to users what Offloading and Hibernation are, and what to change in their device settings to disable the feature.