National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

• Saskatchewan First Nation says 14 possible grave sites found at former residential school

  Chief Byron Bitternose of the George Gordon First Nation says the findings at the site north of Regina follow months of work with ground-penetrating radar.

  Canada

  Apr 20
  
• From apology to action: Indigenous community experts call for full release of residential school documents

  'We need to release documents and find documents, including stolen artifacts and resources that are being held overseas and also in archives in Canada.'

  Canada

  Apr 1
  
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• Group forms to support Indigenous-led searches of residential school burial sites in Manitoba

  Principles for the work include putting families and residential school survivors at the heart of all search efforts, offering health supports and protecting burial remains.

  Canada

  Mar 23
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• Report highlights gaps in reconciliation between Indigenous, non-Indigenous Canadians

  Researchers say Canadians largely acknowledge the damages caused by residential schools, but the difference in perception between the two groups is "worrisome."

  Canada

  Feb 15
• Canada to share more residential school records with reconciliation centre

  Survivors and Indigenous leaders have long called on the federal government to release remaining records that it had refused to fully disclose, citing legal obligations.

  Politics

  Jan 20
• Ontario set to release death records of 1,800 Indigenous children

  Ontario is in the process of releasing death records of approximately 1,800 Indigenous children to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2021
• Trudeau’s claim residential school records released ‘not accurate,’ says truth and reconciliation centre

  Trudeau said all government documents related to residential schools have been turned over to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The centre says that's not the case.

  Politics

  Oct 19, 2021
• Trudeau says he would support a criminal investigation into residential schools  

  In interview with Global News, PM Justin Trudeau says while he is supportive of a criminal probe into burial sites at residential schools it was not up to him to call for one.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2021
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• ‘It was just never seen as truth’: Indigenous stories are there. Are people ready to listen?

  'Listening to our community, our Indigenous community, is going to be key.' 

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021
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• Residential schools recognized as national historic sites, including one in Portage la Prairie, Man.

  The federal government has put residential schools on the official list of National Historic Events.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2020