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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: 100 Years of Loss - The Residential School System in Canada

URL: http://100yearsofloss.ca

Description: 100 Years of Loss – The Residential School System in Canada is an education program and virtual exhibit from the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Resource also available in French.

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Title: Residential Schools: an Introduction

URL: http://apihtawikosisan.com/2012/01/residential-schools-an-introduction/

Description: Blog post discussing the legacy and public perception of residential schools.

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Title: Speaking My Truth

URL: http://speakingmytruth.ca

Description: The website for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation's three-volume series "Truth and Reconciliation," which includes "From Truth to Reconciliation;" "Response, Responsibility, and Renewal;" and "Cultivating Canada."

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Title: University of Manitoba - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

URL: http://umanitoba.ca/nctr/

Description: The official web page for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). The NCTR was created to preserve the memory of Canada’s Residential School system and legacy. As of 2015, the NCTR has been the permanent home for all statements, documents, and other materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

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Title: Walking Without our Sisters

URL: http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/

Description: The website for a commemorative art installation for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the US. The installation was exhibited as part of the TRC's national events.

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Title: We Were So Far Away - The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools

URL: http://weweresofaraway.ca

Description: Virtual exhibit mounted by the Legacy of Hope Foundation that records the stories of Inuit survivors of residential schools. Resource also available in French.

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Title: Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools

URL: http://wherearethechildren.ca/

Description: Developed in 2001, the goals of this website are: to acknowledge the experiences of, and the impacts and consequences of Canada’s Residential School System on Aboriginal peoples; to create a public and historical record of this period in Canadian history that could be easily accessed by Canadians; and to promote public awareness, understanding and education of the history and legacy of residential schools. This site is a counterpart to a touring exhibition that explores the history and legacy of Canada’s Residential School System.

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Title: Witness Blanket

URL: http://witnessblanket.ca

Description: The website for the Witness Blanket project, which aims to stand as a national monument to recognise the atrocities of the Indian Residential School era, honour the children, and symbolise ongoing reconciliation. Inspired by a woven blanket, the large-scale art installation is comprised of hundreds of items reclaimed from Residential Schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures including Friendship Centres, band offices, treatment centres and universities, from across Canada. The project was exhibited at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's national events.

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Title: Common Experience Payment

URL: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100015594/1100100015595/

Description: A sub-site of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada the CEP, a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation

URL: http://www.anglican.ca/tr/

Description: Anglican Church of Canada's website on the Indian residential school system, including resources, findings of the TRC, and the church's apology for its role in the IRS.

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Title: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation opens in Winnipeg

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-centre-truth-reconciliation-winnipeg-1.3301305

Description: The article describes the role of the NCTR as the permanent home for all statements, documents, and other materials gathered by the TRC.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report points to 'growing crisis' for indigenous youth

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truth-and-reconciliation-final-report-1.3361148

Description: The TRC final report raises concerns that Indigenous youth are overrepresented in Canada's prisons and child-welfare system

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Title: Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program

URL: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/services/indiresident/irs-pi-eng.php

Description: A sub-page of Health Canada detailing the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program (IRS RHSP), which provides mental health and emotional support services to eligible former Indian Residential School students and their families throughout all phases of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement. Resource also available in French.

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Title: Residential School Records' Fate To Be Decided By Ontario Court

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/26/fate-of-heart-wrenching-residential-school-abuse-stories-hangs-in-balance_n_8392878.html

Description: A two-day hearing in 2015 addressed the issues of what to do with thousands of testimonial records from survivors of Indian residential schools who sought compensation for sexual and other abuse.

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Title: Residential Schools Archive Will Try To Balance Survivor Concerns With Education

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/01/residential-schools-archive-trying-to-balance-survivor-privacy-public-education_n_8445132.html

Description: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba has a central role in preserving the millions of records collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and educating Canadians about residential schools.

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Title: Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat

URL: http://www.iap-pei.ca/home-eng.php

Description: Website for the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) of the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat. The IAP is part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement – the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. Resource also available in French.

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Title: Legacy of Hope Foundation: Raiding awareness of the legacy of residential schools

URL: http://www.legacyofhope.ca/

Description: LHF is a national Aboriginal charitable organization whose purposes are to educate, raise awareness and understanding of the legacy of residential schools, including the effects and intergenerational impacts on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, and to support the ongoing healing process of Residential School Survivors. Fulfilling this mandate contributes towards reconciliation among generations of Aboriginal peoples, and between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

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Title: Statement by Prime Minister on release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

URL: http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2015/12/15/statement-prime-minister-release-final-report-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/

Description: Statement issued by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after receiving the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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Title: Common Experience Payment

URL: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/goc/cep/index.shtml

Description: A sub-site of Service Canada detailing the Common Experience Payment, a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Resource also available in French.

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Title: Children of Shingwauk

URL: http://www.shingwauk.org

Description: A website for the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) at Algoma University, a joint venture with the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association and the National Residential Schools Survivors' Society (NRSSS).

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Title: Court ruling gives residential school survivors control over abuse testimony

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/stories-of-residential-school-abuse-can-be-shredded-after-15-years-court/article29510463/

Description: Published 4 April 2016. Canada’s residential-school survivors have been given control over historically important documents on abuse after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that they had an expectation of privacy when they created the documents through testimony in closed hearings.

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Title: Missing and Murdered: Searching for the lost. Fontaine anniversary a reminder trauma begets trauma

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/traumas-calamitous-echoes/article25968124/?from=26580441

Description: This article places the death of Tina Fontaine within the context of intergenerational trauma leading back to the residential school system. It is part of an ongoing Globe and Mail investigation into the hundreds of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.

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Title: Residential school documents to be publicly available for first time

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/residential-school-documents-to-be-publicly-available-for-first-time/article27075555/

Description: Tens of thousands of records amassed during various stages of the settlement process with survivors of Indian residential schools will be released to the public. They will shed light on a long and often brutal attempt by the government at forced assimilation.

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Title: The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund

URL: https://downiewenjack.ca/

Description: A website for the fund created by Canadian musician Gord Downie to support the work of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. The Fund is focused on cross-cultural education to support healing and recovery and foster relationships between non-Indigenous and Indigenous people, with all proceeds going to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

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Title: Our Stories... Our Strength [Video]

URL: https://vimeo.com/27171085/

Description: A Vimeo video from the resources page of the Forgotten Metis website. Our Stories… Our Strength is a national commemoration and education project that collects, organizes and shares the stories of Residential School Survivors and others affected by residential schools.

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Title: Common Experience Payment

URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/aboriginal-common-experience-payment.html

Description: The Common Experience Payment (CEP) is a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Resource also available in French.

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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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