The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada published a number of reports. All of them are free to download in English and French. An excellent resource for anyone looking to learn more can be found at: http://umanitoba.ca/nctr/
If you have any questions or would like to share your story, please feel free to contact me.
If you have any questions or would like to share your story, please feel free to contact me.
Genocide report
2001 Report by the Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada. A public investigative body continuing the work of previous Tribunals into residential schools: The Justice in the Valley Coalition's Inquiry into Crimes against Aboriginal People, convened in Port Alberni, BC on December 9, 1994, and the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities Tribunal into Canadian Residential Schools, held in Vancouver from June 12-14, 1998.
what we have learned
2015 Report setting out the principles and philosophy of the process of reconciliation and what was learned. It can be read as a stand-alone text. It reviews the history and aims to find mutual respect between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
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They came for our children
2012 Interim Report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The story of residential schools is one about children. The report is about how the government and churches failed in their duty of care to the most vulnerable--both parent and child.
Call to action
2015 Report setting out what needs to be done to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.
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Executive Summary of Commission's findings2015 Final Report. This is a summary (in 536 pages) of the Commission's findings. If there is one document you read, this should be it.
survivors speak out
2015 Report documenting specific people's stories.
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