International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, May 2010, pp. 1-25
Description
Gives a brief history of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, explains how it differs from a courtroom adjudicative model, and explains why it has the potential to be an effective form of alternative dispute resolution regarding residential schools.
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples.
Duration: 1:11:22.
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Andrea Carmen
Description
Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
Outlines the Commission's responsibilities for gathering and preserving materials relating residential schools, and discusses some of the challenges this entails, including balancing access with privacy.
Paper presented at Prairie Perspectives: the Academic Conference of The First National Truth and Reconciliation Event, 17 June 2010.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
Description
Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
Looks at whether the residential school system was genocidal and suggests ways to move forward with reconciliation if it is recognized as such.
Chapter 14 from Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.
Examines colonization of Canada, historical trauma, the criminal justice system and community healing programs.
Duration: 37:21.
Related material: Discussion Guide.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
Provides an overview of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and locates it in the global trend of TRCs, which are being used increasingly as a transitional justice tool.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 26, Indigenous Peoples: Historical Understanding, Contemporary Challenges and Canadian Approaches, 2010/2011, pp. 9-25
Description
Argues the process should be an opportunity to change the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, but this change hinges on the general public's acceptance of the need to redefine history and national identity.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast speaks about issues surrounding the records including access to the records, five restrictions on the records, protocols, and the independent assessment process.
Duration: unknown.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast presents an overview of the "Critical Conversations Series" and outlines some of the key features of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA)
Duration unknown.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society.
Speaker discusses the "real" history of Canada including residential schools and the head tax.
Duration: 12:00.
Institute for the Study of International Development Conference 2014
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Question and Answer Period]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Clark
Andrew Lee
Description
Remarks by Joe Clark and Andrew Lee regarding the important role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission followed by a question and answer period facilitated by the Commissioners.
Duration: 1:10:48.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Webcast focuses on discussing three points: where the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission is situated on the international stage, the special visit to Canada by the UN Special Rapporteur, James Anaya, and the interim report recommendations on the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Duration: 18:25.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Jocelyn Thorpe]
Description
Podcast discusses ideas such as: what is nature versus culture' and 'what are gender, race and nation' as well as thoughts on decolonization.
Duration: 18:00.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, Law and Deconlonization, August 2014, pp. 199-217
Description
Looks at the shift from a judicially based public inquiry to a truth and reconciliation and the gaps in the composition of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 5
Description
Discusses the objectives and mandate of the TRC and the need for Aboriginal People to tell their residential school survivor stories with the hope of healing and growing.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2010, p. 8
Description
Looks at the office opening of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the mandate of the committee, and the creative ways testimonies are received.
Article found by scrolling to page 8.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Wilson
Description
Remarks by Marie Wilson, Truth and Reconciliation of Canada Commissioner, including how the Canadian TRC is unique to others in the world and the mandate and purpose of the TRC. Followed by excerpts from survivors stories.
Duration: 30:19.
Ethics Forum, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 23-35
Description
Argues that Canada's commission faces many of the same challenges and obstacles as truth commissions associated with under-developed countries emerging from authoritarian regimes.
International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights, vol. 5, no. 5, December 2014, pp. 67-77
Description
Summarizes some of the findings and interim recommendations made by the Commission prior to the publishing of the final report.
Article located by scrolling to page 67.