Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports is a multivolume report with the intent to lay the foundation for reconciliation for Aboriginal peoples whose lives were affected by the establishment of Residential Schools in Canada. This report is a result of six years of research and interviews with more than 6,000 witnesses, most of whom are survivors. The report contains a comprehensive historical background of the relationship between the Indigenous population and the Canadian federal government for context. Followed by calls to action for the federal government to implement funding and programing to improve child welfare, education, language and culture, healthcare, and justice. This resource also acknowledges the difficulties in the process for reconciliation, citing Canada’s initial rejection of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, a decision that would later be reversed in 2010. This report refers to the hundreds of sources such as archival databases, government publications and legislation, legal cases, academic articles, and books.