News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Names of priests who served in residential schools made public
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) has released a list of 140 priests and brothers who worked in Canada’s residential school system as part of the Oblates, a Catholic missionary religious group. This new research, out today, is the result of years of work between the NCTR and the Oblates of OMI Lacombe […]
NCTR receives $2M toward new building to house residential school records
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation received a pretty big gift on Tuesday morning. Canada Life and the Power Corporation donated a total of $2 million that will go towards a new building for the centre at the University of Manitoba…
Carrying the spirit and intent of Murray Sinclair’s vision forward in Treaty 7 territory
For nearly three decades, I have immersed myself in archival work to uncover the histories of my People, the Kainai (Blood Tribe) in Treaty 7 territory, in Alberta. What began in childhood as a search for photographs of my ancestors has evolved into a lifelong pursuit of understanding through records and Tribal narratives. Unlike my peers who had […]