A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
University of Manitoba History and Indigenous Studies Prof. Sean Carleton doesn’t mince words when it comes to the impact of the late Murray Sinclair. “Quite simply, Murray Sinclair changed Canada forever,” says Carleton on the latest episode of Face to Face. “There’s no going back as a result of his tireless work to advocate for […]
TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG, December 3, 2024 – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and the Oblates of OMI Lacombe Canada (the Oblates) have signed a supplemental agreement to accelerate access to personnel files of Oblate members who worked in residential schools in Canada. This agreement to share records, information, and documents not […]
An Ontario coroner’s investigation has identified 220 additional deaths linked to Indian residential schools in the province — deaths that were previously unknown to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission or the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). The NCTR’s memorial register lists 436 documented deaths at Ontario residential schools, so the confirmation of 220 […]
Premier Doug Ford’s government will not support a New Democrat’s bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minister said Thursday. But Greg Rickford left some wiggle room to declare the day a holiday in the future. “We are not prepared to support a holiday […]
