Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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Canadian federal commission public inquiry truth and reconciliation commission

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was a national body established to document the history and lasting impacts of the Indian Residential School system and to advance reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada canonical 4
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action 2
Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal commission ⓘ
public inquiry ⓘ
truth and reconciliation commission ⓘ
aimedAt informing public policy on Indigenous issues ⓘ
transforming the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canadian society ⓘ
archivesTransferredTo National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation ⓘ
chairperson Murray Sinclair ⓘ
collected thousands of survivor statements ⓘ
commissioner Marie Wilson ⓘ
Murray Sinclair ⓘ
Wilton Littlechild ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dissolved 2015 ⓘ
focusesOn cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada ⓘ
intergenerational trauma ⓘ
survivor testimonies ⓘ
systemic discrimination against Indigenous peoples ⓘ
formedAsPartOf Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement truth and reconciliation measures ⓘ
hasMainSubject Canadian Indian residential school system ⓘ
human rights violations against Indigenous children ⓘ
reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state ⓘ
headquartersLocation Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Winnipeg, Manitoba
inception 2008 ⓘ
jurisdiction Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
various Indigenous languages (for hearings and statements) ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement ⓘ
mandate advance reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians ⓘ
document the history and impacts of the Indian Residential School system ⓘ
promote awareness and public education about the Indian Residential School system and its legacy ⓘ
provide a holistic, culturally appropriate, and safe setting for former students and others affected to share their experiences ⓘ
numberOfCallsToAction 94 ⓘ
organized community hearings and statement-gathering sessions ⓘ
national events across Canada ⓘ
publishedWork Canada’s Residential Schools: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: What We Have Learned: Principles of Truth and Reconciliation
recognizedBy Assembly of First Nations ⓘ
Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

Inuit organizations in Canada ⓘ
Métis organizations in Canada ⓘ
replaced Aboriginal Healing Foundation (in role of national focus on residential schools legacy) ⓘ
sector human rights documentation ⓘ
public education ⓘ
transitional justice ⓘ
statedFinding the Indian Residential School system amounted to cultural genocide ⓘ
successor National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation ⓘ
website http://www.trc.ca/ ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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First Nations → relatedTo → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → relatedTo → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada → associatedWith → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada → publishedWork → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada → publishedWork → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: What We Have Learned: Principles of Truth and Reconciliation
Indian Act → relatedTo → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
Aboriginal peoples of Canada → subjectOf → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
Indigenous Languages Act (Canada) → basedOn → Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action