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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) | Commission de vérité et réconciliation (CVR)

Collected by: Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Archived since: Nov, 2015

Description:

Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) Truth and Reconciliation Commission Web Archive provides access to archival copies of the websites of organizations connected with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), either as active partners at national events or through initiatives to support commemoration. The collection was curated in collaboration with the University of Winnipeg Library, the University of Manitoba Libraries, and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). For more information, please see LAC’s TRC Web Archive website: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/Pages/truth-reconciliation-commission-web-archive.aspx. / Les archives Web de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) concernant la Commission de vérité et réconciliation (CVR) procurent un accès aux copies d'archives de sites Web appartenant à des organisations ayant un lien avec la CVR, soit en qualité de partenaires à part entière dans des événements nationaux ou par l'intermédiaire d'initiatives ayant pour but de soutenir la commémoration. La collection a été préparée et organisée en collaboration avec la bibliothèque de l'Université de Winnipeg, les bibliothèques de l'Université du Manitoba et le Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation (CNVR). Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site Web de BAC pour les archives Web concernant la CVR: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/decouvrez/patrimoine-autochtone/Pages/archives-web-commission-verite-reconciliation.aspx.

Subject:   Society & Culture

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Title: Conrad Black: Canada’s treatment of aboriginals was shameful, but it was not genocide

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-canadas-treatment-of-aboriginals-was-shameful-but-it-was-not-genocide

Description: Commentary arguing that the residential school system, though shameful, does not fit the definition of genocide.

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Title: 20 years since Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, still waiting for change

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/20-year-anniversary-of-rcap-report-1.3469759?utm_content=bufferd9225&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Description: Published 3 March 2016. Article contains reflections on the two decades that have passed since release of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples final report in 1996. The formation of the TRC was one of the major recommendations to emerge from the RCAP.

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Title: Residential School System Was 'Cultural Genocide': TRC Report

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/02/canadians-to-face--ugly-t_n_7490612.html

Description: This article, published 2 June 2015, argues that the release of the TRC Final Report offers emotional catharsis for survivors of Canada's residential schools. The Final Report officially describes their collective ordeal as a "cultural genocide" that tore apart their families and left individuals to contend with lifelong scars of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

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Title: First came truth. Now comes the hard part.

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/first-came-truth-now-comes-the-hard-part/

Description: Published 25 June 2015. Award-winning author Joseph Boyden writes about truth, reconciliation, and the government response.

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Title: Justin Trudeau pledges reconciliation in Canada after Aboriginal abuse

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/15/justin-trudeau-pledges-reconciliation-canada-aboriginal-abuse/

Description: Published 15 December 2015. The forcible separation of some 150,000 children from their families over more than 100 years was an attempt to end the existence of Aboriginals in Canada, a report concluded.

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Title: Canada's indigenous schools policy was 'cultural genocide', says report

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/02/canada-indigenous-schools-cultural-genocide-report/

Description: Published 2 June 2015. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivers its verdict on church-run residential institutions. It finds residential schools to be one of Canadian history’s ‘darkest and most troubling chapters’.

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Title: Canada confronts its dark history of abuse in residential schools

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/06/canada-dark-of-history-residential-schools/

Description: Published 6 June 2015. The TRC's landmark report reveals the Indian Residential School system’s brutal attempt to assimilate thousands of native children for more than a century and gives voice to survivors.

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