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Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future

This is the Final Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission’s 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission had three members: Justice (now senator) Murray Sinclair, Marie Wilson,and Chief Wilton Littlechild. Their detailed biographies appear in the end matter of this book.

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The commissioners of the report provide a brief outline of their process and the goal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 2 $0.00

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An overview of what Residential Schools were and provides the history of reconciliation in Canada. Defines reconciliation as a relationship. 26 $0.00

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Describes the activities that the commission undertook including coast to coast meetings, statement gathering from residential school survivors, national events, education and outreach, and the … 15 $0.00

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Details the history of the residential school system. Puts the history in context of imperialism, colonization, and assimilation. Describes the experience children would have had at the schools. 140 $0.00

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Details the legacy of the residential school system in the lives of the Indigenous people of Canada includes the calls to action for each repercussion of the residential school system. 56 $0.00

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Outlines the challenges that the government faces in reconciliation with Indigenous people. Overviews the documentation that will assist in reconciliation including the United Nations Declaration … 153 $0.00

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A summary of the calls to action presented in relation to the legacy of the residential school system and reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples of Canada. 19 $0.00

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Details the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the goals and responsibilities of the members. 13 $0.00

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Lists Canada’s residential schools as outlined in the Settlement Agreement and by Indian Affairs annual reports alphabetically by province. 28 $0.00

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Lists the individuals convicted of abusing residential school students. 7 $0.00

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The full texts of apologies and statements concerning residential schools made by parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and by others who played direct roles in the … 28 $0.00

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Lists the prominent Canadian and International individuals who accepted the sacred trust of bearing witness to the truths of residential school Survivors, and of contributing to the goal of … 2 $0.00

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Lists the commission staff and contractors. 8 $0.00

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Biographies for The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Dr. Marie Wilson, and Chief Wilton Littlechild: the commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 3 $0.00