Message from the Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Access to Volume 2

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

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.

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.

Discussion of intercultural relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and the vision of a renewed relationship based on mutuality and respect.

Discusses the government's ongoing failure to address the wrong perpetuated against victims of removal policies and its commitment to reconciliation.

Rates governments' actions in terms of the right to culture, health, security and justice.

Public inquiry examines and makes recommendations on ways to improve existing institutions in the administration of justice in recognition of Aboriginal rights.

Public inquiry focusing on investigation of events surrounding the murder of this high school student, which occurred on November 13, 1971 near The Pas, Manitoba.

Investigation of all aspects of the events leading to the death, which occurred on March 9, 1988 in Winnipeg.

Inquiry looked into the treatment of prisoners on Rottnest Island, where young boys were kept in a Reformatory section.

Commission established pursuant to the Saskatchewan Public Inquires Act to report on findings and to make recommendations, without drawing conclusions about the civil or criminal responsibility for the death of Mr. Stonechild.

Includes links to witness list, exhibits, final submissions, transcripts, etc. "... public inquiry into the circumstances that resulted in the death of Mr. Stonechild, including the nature and extent of contact between Mr. Stonechild and members of the Saskatoon Police Service. The Commission is also to look into the way in which the 1990 investigation of Mr. Stonechild’s death was conducted. "

Discussion of how ensuring safe drinking water must include the proper facilities and operator skills.

Access to: Vol. 1: Investigation and Findings; Vol. 2: Policy Analysis; Vol. 3: Inquiry Process; Vol. 4: Executive Summary. Purpose of the Inquiry was to investigate the death of Dudley George and make recommendations to prevent such violence occuring in the future.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) submitted by QVIDA, representing eight First Nations in the effected area, concerning the breaches by the Crown and resulting damages caused by flooding. ICC recommended each claim for negotiation on the basis that the Crown did not properly authorize the flooding of reserve land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Explains that the Report of the National Inquiry into Racist Violence is unique in that it is the most comprehensive study of racial violence, intimidation and harassment ever undertaken in Australia.

Discusses previous commissions and reports and trends in Imperial and Colonial policies. The Pennefather findings and recommendations are analyzed under four headings: plans for departmental financing and administrative reorganization; assessment of the future of Indian reserves; inquiry into the legal status of Indian people; reform of Indian education; and evaluation of mechanism for detribalizing Indian people.

Contains links to each of the five volumes.

Overview prepared by Research Services, Library of Parliament of the seven-volume Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Report (RCAP). "Revised 2 August 2000."

Argues that the Royal Commission discourse of nation to nation marginalizes more than two-thirds of the population and that the report offers a weak answer for the need for empathy.

Commission appointed to make recommendations as to reserved and to be reserved for Indians. Links to detailed reports for each agency and four volume final report.

Mandate was to address Aboriginal issues and a way to negotiate a long term harvesting arrangement.

Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.

Commission investigated Aboriginal policing issues.

Comprehensive inquiry into the state of the Aboriginal peoples of British North America.

Historical background and report on mediation by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) to resolve dispute over 192 acres wrongfully alienated in 1831. Proposed Settlement Agreement was negotiated and ratified. Chief Commissioner : Harry LaForme. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC)regarding Horse Island. ICC recommends that the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) write to all the First Nations whose claims were rejected because of the policy against the pre-Confederation claims so they can be reconsidered. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Discusses the events leading up to the settlement of the Clench Defalcation claim and looks at the role the Commission played in the resolution process. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Submission of treaty land entitlement claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a shortfall of entitlement lands based on additions to band membership after the first survey. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Negotiations for 11 years of a pilot project brought about settlement of claims and grievances regarding expropriation of land for hydro and railway lines. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Survey topics: outreach programs and level of engagement with, and understanding of, regional communities; level of understanding and awareness of the work done by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; and institutional policies and procedures related to Indigenous information resources.

Experiences of urban Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and issues that effect urban Aboriginal Peoples in Toronto, Ontario.

Follow-up review of implementation of recommendations from 1993 report. Related material: 2021 Follow-up Report.

Ontario. Commission Appointed to Inquire into and Investigate the Several Departments of the Public Service.

Looks at print media coverage between 2010-2012 focusing on the connection between representations of truth and reconciliation.

Author discusses the research outcomes and the policy influence of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); speculates on some of the factors that limited the influence of the TRC including opposition from interest groups and the structure of the commission itself.

Explains basic framework, vision, key considerations, project criteria and overall strategy.

Overview of research program and case studies which were centered on four themes: governance, land and resources, social/cultural affairs and the north. Scroll down to page 276 to read article.

Lists institutions for which former attendees are eligible for compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

Brief history of the schools in Canada and the legacy of cultural abuse.

Comments on lawsuits involving abuse at Canadian residential schools and on the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.