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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: Que sont les enfants devenus? L'expérience des pensionnats autochtones

URL: http://lesenfantsdevenus.ca/fr

Description: Développé en 2001, les objectifs de ce site Web sont les suivants: reconnaître les expériences et les impacts des pensionnats du Canada sur les peuples autochtones; créer un dossier public et historique de cette période de l’histoire canadienne qui pourrait être facilement accessible par les Canadiens; et à promouvoir la sensibilisation, la compréhension et l’éducation de l’histoire et de l’héritage des pensionnats.

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Title: Project of Heart

URL: http://projectofheart.ca/

Description: Project of Heart is an interactive artistic project that seeks to examine the legacy of the IRS system and commemorate the lives of the thousands of children who died in residential schools. The project was present at the TRC's national events. Certain pages of the website can be toggled to French.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation commission challenges canadian churches

URL: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/dennis-gruending/2015/06/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-challenges-canadian-chur/

Description: An article in Rabble's "Pulpit and Politics" blog that discusses the TRC final report recommendations for Canadian churches.

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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: Université du Manitoba - Centre national pour la vérité et réconciliation

URL: http://umanitoba.ca/cnvr/

Description: Le site Web officiel du Centre national pour la vérité et réconciliation (CNVR). Le CNVR était créé afin de préserver le souvenir du régime des pensionnats indiens et son héritage. Depuis 2015, le CNVR était le siège permanent de toutes les déclarations, documents et autres matériaux rassemblés par la Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada (CVR). Ressource également disponible en anglais.

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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: 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: 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: Huge number of records to land on Truth and Reconciliation Commission's doorstep

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/huge-number-of-records-to-land-on-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-s-doorstep-1.2617770

Description: The article details the more than 60,000 boxes of records to be turned over by Library and Archives Canada for evidence in the TRC, and the challenges these present to TRC researchers.

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Title: Was there smoke? One man asks why he didn't know about residential schools

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/was-there-smoke-one-man-asks-why-he-didn-t-know-about-residential-schools-1.3132522

Description: Ralph Paulson questions why he was unaware of residential schools while growing up alongside native communities. He traces his ignorance to a mentality that has prevented understanding and empathy for Indigenous peoples.

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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: 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: '22 Days' Reconciliation Project Sees Anglican Church Promote Residential School Survivors' Stories

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/03/22-days-anglican-church_n_7504088.html

Description: The Anglican Church of Canada marked the 22 days between the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) final national gathering (May 31) and National Aboriginal Day (June 22) with the "22 Days" project, which promotes the stories of 22 people affected by residential school policy.

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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