Truth and reconcilation

Truth and reconcilation

Final Report of the truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Honoring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future. Toronto: James Lorimer& Company Ltd.
I have had the pleasure of reading the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary for the past month. This book’s central thesis is about the resident schools of Canada. The authors looked at the history of the schools, the mandate of the Royal Commission and also the suggestions on how we can heal and move forward after it all.
Residential schools were opened in Canada from the 1800’s and the last one didn’t close till 1996. The Royal Commission was established in 1991 with a mission to investigate the residential schools and the relationship between the government of Canada and the First Nations people. (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015, p. ?)
This book was written by the Royal Commissioners, Justice Murry Sinclair, Dr. Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Little child and published by James Lorimer & Company Ltd. The publishing company is a very reliable source as they are responsible for publishing other major government reports and documents in book form for the general public. (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015, p. ?)
The Royal Commission of Canada was established in 2008 from the terms of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement between the Canadian government and the residential school survivors. The Royal Commission collected all of their information through various sources. They looked at school records, talked to those who attended and worked there, and they also looked into government and church records for information about what took place during that time. When putting together the calls of action and how we move forward and heal the past, the Royal Commission worked with many different...

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