A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. Sinclair died at a Winnipeg hospital early Monday morning “peacefully and surrounded by love,” his family said in a statement. “Mazina Giizhik (the One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky) committed his life […]
Murray Sinclair carried within himself the stories of thousands of residential school survivors, and felt the weight of every single one, says his friend Tanya Talaga. Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has died at age 73. The TRC’s groundbreaking 2015 reports laid bare horrific truths about this […]
Kimberly Murray, Independent Special Interlocutor of Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and burial sites, issued her final report on October 29. The report meticulously documents the obligations and work needed to record and understand the disappearance and death of thousands of Indigenous children…
OTTAWA — The federal government is backtracking on a move to limit funding for searches of former residential school grounds. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in a statement Friday the government has heard concerns from Indigenous leaders and communities “loud and clear.” Communities could previously receive up to $3 million per year through the […]
