Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission is an impending truth commission organized by the parties to the settlement agreement http://www.residentialschoolsettlement.ca/SCHEDULE_N.pdf for former Indian residential school students.
After their closing, schools have become notorious for allegations of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse and neglect. The commission will investigate both crimes perpetrated within residential schools, as well as the negative impacts of the schools' stated aim, to forcibly assimilate First Nations children. The matter of student deaths at these institutions, and their burial in unmarked graves without the notification or consent of the parents is an additional item on the agenda.
In March 2008, Indigenous leaders and Church officials embarked on a multi-city "Remembering the Children" tour to promote the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/03/02/aboriginals-commission.html Indian, church leaders launch multi-city tour to highlight commission] ]
It is being chaired by Justice Harry S. Laforme of the Ontario Court of Appeal.
On June 11th 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the government's role in their administration of the residential schools.
References
External links
* [http://www.trc-cvr.ca] www.trc-cvr.ca
* [http://www.irsr-rqpi.gc.ca/ Indian Residential School Resolution Canada]
* [http://www.rememberingthechildren.ca/ Remembering the Children Tour]
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