Speech by Assembly of First Nations Chief about the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission given during the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders' Tour.
Speech by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, at the launch of the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders Tour.
Transcription of radio program about the United Church. Tape 1 - Apology given by the United Church of Canada in 1986; Tape 2 - Residential Schools: The Past and Present; Tape 3A - WBAI Interview - Economics and Politics (2/15/98); Tape 3B - WBAI Interview: 6/18/98.
Biennial Conference of the International Association for Women Judges ; 9th
Panel C: Access to Justice for Women Members of Indigenous, Rural and Religious Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia Hennessy
Description
Looks at history of residential schools, Aboriginal claims for compensation from Churches and Government, and the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and healing fund.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 223-225
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President of the Native Women's Association of Canada's statement given before the House of Commons after government's apology was read.
IALL 18th Course on International Law Librarianship
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela O'Connor
International Journal of Legal Information, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 232-265
Description
Brief historical overview followed by discussion of the Federal government's and churches' changing responses to the issue, and judicial decisions which clarified liability in sexual abuse cases.
Speech by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine to the Canadian Club in Ottawa about poverty, residential schools and how these issues are affecting the people today. 9 minutes.
Process Inclusive and Transparent, Acknowledging the Emotional Difficulty of the Memory Sharing For Survivors
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Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 23
Description
Looks at the priorities of the Commission including determining vision and making plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission launch.
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Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 4, April 2008, p. 4
Description
Discusses a speech given by Bob Watts, the interim executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, regarding residential school abuse and how it is now time to work towards healing.
Argues that ADR provides the most viable solution to class action suits because its flexibility allows accommodation of the interests of churches, government and victims.
Discusses the political apologies and responses to the consequences of the Indian residential schools policy, and questions whether the acts for which the apologies are offered represent a change in the relations between government and Aboriginal peoples.
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