Commissions & Inquiries

Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 5:05. Part 1 of 5.

Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 5:01. Part 2 of 5.

Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February 2011. Duration: 5:07. Part 3 of 5.

Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 3:45. Part 4 of 5.

Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 3:41. Part 5 of 5.

Comments on the misunderstandings that arise from the translation of terms from one language to another. Excerpts from Chapter 2 of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. Final Report by Paul Chartrand, Wendy Whitecloud, Eva McKay and Doris Young. Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 8.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1979

This report contained a list of recommendations for the construction and operation of the Keeyask Generation Project.

Kinesiology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2020.

Final Report examines whether the claim of the Key Lake First Nations discloses a breach of Canada's "lawful obligations" to the First Nation under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Presents background, issues, analysis (validity, compliance, membership, and the question of fiduciary obligations), and concludes with the recommendation that the surrender portion of IR 65 not be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Notes for the "Removing Barriers: A Listening Circle" conference put on by the City of Calgary Community and Social Development Department, Calgary, Alberta, November 16, 1999.

Argues that adding Aboriginal perspectives to histories of political economy will result in prevention of the true and separate histories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.

Philosophy Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1996.

Book review of The Land Is Our History by Miranda Johnson.

Book reviews of: The Land We Are edited by Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill and Sophie McCall. The Poetics of Land and Identity Among British Columbia Indigenous Peoples by Christine Elsey. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 142.

Discusses the ICC's claims process, Commission's recommendations and new publications. Complete issue on one pdf.

Looks at Peepeekisis First Nation's File Hills Colony claim and Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation Flooding claim. Complete issue on one pdf.

Reports on Commission's activities, Thurnderchild mediation, Moosomin claim and Clench Defalcation claim. Complete issue on one pdf.

Looks at the Commission's contributions over the past thirteen years and reviews land claim facts. Complete issue on one pdf.

Looks at the steps involved in the inquiry process and explains the term, 'surrender claim' with examples. Complete issue on one pdf.

Reviews fifteen years of activities, claims negotiations and inquiry processes from the Commission. Complete issue on one pdf.

Issue looks at Commission's mediation services and reviews Supreme Court decisions that have impacted Aboriginal title and land claims. Complete issue on one pdf.

Discusses activities of the Indian Claims Commission over the past ten years and features an interview with Ralph Brant, Director of Mediation. Complete issue on one pdf.

Discusses activities of the Commission and looks at the Fishing Lake inquiry. Complete issue on one pdf.

Looks at oral history as part of the Commissions inquiry process and its recommendation to the federal government to accept Esketemc land claim. Complete issue on one pdf.

Reports on activities and publications of the Commission, and discusses Fort McKay Treaty Land entitlement. Complete issue on one pdf.

Reports on Commission's first successful inquiry at Cold Lake and the guidelines used to verify treaty land entitlement claims. Complete issue on one pdf.

Discusses activities and developments of the Commission. Complete issue on one pdf.

Discusses Kahkewistahaw 1907 claim and the impact from the Specific Claims Resolution Act. Complete issue on one pdf.

Discusses Commission's annual report, reviews Alexis First Nation claim with federal Crown's grants of three rights of way and the acceptance of Coldwater Narrows land claim. Complete issue on one pdf.

Discusses Toronto Purchase land claim negotiation, settlement for Kahkewistahaw land surrender claim and the history of numbered treaties. Interview with Robert Reid reviews his years as mediator. Complete issue on one pdf.

Looks at the passing of Bill C-6, the Turtle Mountain inquiry and the Commission's annual report. Complete issue on one pdf.

Looks at the role new communication technology played in two scenarios: the inquiry into the construction of a pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley and the Nunavut Impact Review Board hearings into the Mary River ore project.

Investigative report on the physical and mental abuse suffered by young male offenders, most of whom were Indigenous, at a northern Saskatchewan wilderness camp run by the Ranch Ehrlo organization during the 1970s. The wilderness experience was thought to address behavioural Issues. Duration: 23:50.

Vancouver Police Department's response outlines present and future initiatives. Discusses recruitment practices, strengthening community relations, culturally appropriate and gender-neutral policy, practices and procedures, increased training in cultural competence and trauma informed responses, review of investigative practices and future directions.

Two volume report identifies eight critical areas to be considered when looking at justice reform: leadership, community promotion and crime prevention, victimization and violence, restorative justice, policing, institutions, racism, and children and youth. Volume II Submissions to the Commission.

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old First Nations child who was beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend. Specifically investigated whether the child welfare system had been negligent. Access to Volume 2 Access to Volume 3

Includes definitions and information on truth gathering process and rules.

File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech during the election campaign of 1965 in which he details his attempts to bring about equality of citizenship for indigenous persons, mentioning the appointment of indigenous senator, James Gladstone, and the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission.

Letter informs the readers that the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has made arrangements to assist people who contributed to the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their families.

List of preferred terms used by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Presentation at the 15th Biennial National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, July 10, 2015 by the TRC Commissioner. Duration: 1:03:48.

Chief Littlechild shares his thoughts on the commission, its work, and possible outcomes of the process.

Book review of: Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut by Peter Kulchyski.