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Senator Murray Sinclair Canadian Senator Formerly Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba and recent Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed as a result of the largest class action lawsuit in the history of Canada. It is an entity created by the court-approved Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement reached in 2007. The Settlement Agreement involves several Parties including the Government of Canada; Catholic and Protestant Churches; and the Survivors themselves. The TRC is not a government commission. It reports to the parties and is subject to the supervision…

A Catholic Response to Call to Action 48 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (On Adopting and Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) 1. Introduction: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada issued 94 Calls to Action almost a year ago. One of these called on all faith groups in Canada to “formally adopt and comply with the principles, norms, and standards of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework for reconciliation.”1 Catholic Bishops, institutes of consecrated life, societies…

Recommended reconciliation themed videos Reconciliation Begins with You and Me He Can Fancy Dance Learning from Indigenous People

The TRC Reading Challenge, this started out as a simple idea. I can’t believe it. We’ve passed 3000!! Let’s keep going. This is hope. Step 1: Sign up on the Pledge to Read page. Step 2: Challenge another person by email, Facebook, Twitter, in person. Step 3: Start reading the TRC report now, or START ON JUNE 21st. **The actual reading and progress reports don’t have to start until June 21st** Step 4: Share your progress starting on June 21st. Take as long as you need to read it. It’s not a race. It’s a commitment.

“A Survivor is not just someone who "made it through" the schools, or "got by" or was "making do.” A Survivor is a person who persevered against and overcame adversity. The word came to mean someone who emerged victorious, though not unscathed, whose head was “bloody but unbowed.” It referred to someone who had taken all that could be thrown at them and remained standing at the end. It came to mean someone who could legitimately say “I am still here!” For that achievement, Survivors deserve our highest respect. But, for that achievement, we also owe them the debt of…

United Way Winnipeg Eagle's Eye View, an environmental scan of the Aboriginal community in Winnipeg. (report PDF)

Healing a Nation Through Truth and Reconciliation | Chief Dr Robert Joseph | TEDxEastVan Published on May 24, 2016 Canada’s past held some dark and terrible secrets on the treatment of it’s First Nations peoples. Chief Robert Joseph experienced these destructive forces firsthand in the Residential School System and he now explains how sharing these truths was the first step to reconciling a nation. Helping to heal this racism and intolerance is to recognize ‘we are all one’.