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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: Forgotten Metis

URL: http://forgottenmetis.ca/

Description: This virtual exhibition, curated by Gregory Scofield for the Legacy of Hope Foundation, is the online counterpart to a touring exhibition that aims to give voice to the experience of the many Métis children forced to attend Indian Residential Schools.

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Title: New Heritage Minutes tackle ‘some hard truths about residential schools and treaties’ as part of reconciliation

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/new-heritage-minutes-tackle-some-hard-truths-about-residential-schools-and-treaties-as-part-of-reconciliation/

Description: Published 21 June 2016. Article addresses the two new Canadian Heritage Minutes videos on the history of residential schools and treaties.

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Title: Secret Path

URL: http://secretpath.ca

Description: A website for the album and graphic novel, Secret Path, by Canadian musician Gord Downie. The project tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, who died fleeing the Celia Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario, in October 1966. Proceeds donated to the Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

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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: 8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada, and the Way Forward

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/8thfire/index.html

Description: 8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada & the Way Forward was a CBC broadcast documentary series that aired in 2012. Note: Some of the interactive and streaming elements of the live site could not be captured by the web crawler. Resource also available in French.

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Title: Watch now: Gord Downie's The Secret Path

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/arts/secretpath/gord-downie-s-secret-path-airs-on-cbc-october-23-1.3802197

Description: Presented in the Arts section of the CBC website, this page features the full two hour video of Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire's animated film "Secret Path," plus documentary footage and a panel discussion. The combined film and documentary with discussion panel originally aired on CBC television on Sunday, 23 October 2016.

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Title: Reconciliation totem pole goes up at UBC

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reconciliation-totem-pole-goes-up-at-ubc-1.4050078

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Title: Meet the journalist who inspired Gord Downie and Joseph Boyden to write about Chanie Wenjack

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ian-adams-gord-downie-1.3813737

Description: In 1967, Ian Adams wrote "The Lonely Death of Charlie Wenjack" for Maclean's magazine. In the fall of 2016, two Canadian cultural icons are crediting it as the source of inspiration for new works that tell the story of Wenjack's death after running away from residential school.

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Title: Gord Downie's Secret Path brings hope to Chanie Wenjack's family, 50 years after boy's death

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/wenjack-family-response-secrect-path-1.3808589

Description: Chanie Wenjack is the subject of Gord Downie's new multimedia project, Secret Path, which includes a solo album, a graphic novel and an animated film. Wenjack's sister Pearl Wenjack says the change she has been seeking for 50 years is finally happening.

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Title: Gord Downie’s not-so-Secret Path to truth and reconciliation

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/gord-downies-not-so-secret-path-to-truth-and-reconciliation/

Description: On October 21, 2016 Gord Downie performed "Secret Path" at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto. The event showcased the album, graphic novel, and animated film that tell the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy from Ogoki Post.

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Title: Why Chanie Wenjack’s story might finally get action

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/why-chanie-wenjacks-story-might-finally-get-action/

Description: Published 12 September 2016. Article describes Gord Downie's efforts to raise awareness about the dark legacy of residential schools.

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Title: 8e Feu: les autochtones et le Canada, le sentier de l'avenir

URL: http://www.radio-canada.ca/television/8efeu/index.shtml

Description: Ce site Web est relié à la programmation documentaire et radiophonique de Radio-Canada. Un certain nombre d'éléments interactifs et streaming n'ont pas pu être capturés.

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Title: Gord Downie’s Secret Path delivers on its heavy ambition

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/gord-downies-secret-path-delivers-on-its-heavy-ambition/article32407765/

Description: Gord Downie brings attention to the history of residential schools with the 10-song album Secret Path and accompanying graphic novel by Jeff Lemire.

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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: We Were So Far Away [Video]

URL: https://vimeo.com/38127177/

Description: A Vimeo video from the resources page of the Forgotten Metis website in which eight Survivors, two from each of the Inuit geographic regions (Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region) share their stories.

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Title: The Day of Apology [Video]

URL: https://vimeo.com/43821625/

Description: A Vimeo video from the resources page of the Forgotten Metis website that provides highlights of June 11 2008, the day the Prime Minister of Canada issued an apology for the Indian residential school system.

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Title: Flickr - Project of the Heart

URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectofheart/

Description: This Flickr site lists all images from http://projectofheart.ca/.

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Title: Gord Downie: Exclusive Interview [Video]

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i51CPPminbM

Description: Canadian musician Gord Downie speaks with CBC broadcaster Peter Mansbridge about his cancer diagnosis and why he's focusing on Indigenous issues with his "Secret Path" project.

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