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Call for Nominations to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s Governing Circle!
July 14 2023 The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation will be accepting nominations from July 14, 2023, to September 12, 2023, for a seventh member of our Governing Circle. The Governing Circle Member will represent First Nations Survivors, or their families or ancestors, and must identify as First Nations. This call for nominations is […]
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38 Young People To Share Their Visions of Reconciliation
June 06 2023 TREATY 1 TERRITORY (WINNIPEG) — The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation will recognize 25 submissions from young people to this year’s Imagine a Canada program, each telling a unique story of Reconciliation in Canada. At the upcoming National Celebration and Honouring Ceremony, guests will hear from special dignitaries, speakers, and from […]
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National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials will not support engagement processes that are not Indigenous-led
May 29 2023 After careful consideration, the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials has decided that it will not participate in a national engagement process on DNA collection being carried out on behalf of the federal government. The National Advisory Committee has previously raised concerns about a Technical Arrangement to […]
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Manitoba Government Working with Every Child Matters Display Organizers to Create New Garden for Reflection on Legislative Building Grounds
Permanent Garden Will Honour Memory of Children Who Died Attending Residential Schools: Teitsma In consultation and collaboration with the organizers of the Every Child Matters flag display at the Legislative Building grounds, the Manitoba government is creating a new permanent garden on the grounds in memory of thousands of Indigenous children who never returned home […]
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Brenda Reynolds receives prestigious Owen Adams Award of Honour
April 27 2023 The NCTR extends congratulations to Brenda Reynolds on reaching the Owen Adams Award of Honour from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). The award, the highest available to a non-physician, is in recognition of Brenda’s work in advancing medical and health education in Canada. Brenda is an Anishinaabe social worker from Fishing Lake First […]
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NCTR Statement on Doctrine of Discovery Repudiation
March 30 2023 The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is encouraged by the Vatican’s formal repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery and its support for the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Doctrine of Discovery is a legal theory that has been traced to 15th Century Papal declarations authorizing European powers […]
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NCTR Statement on the visit by UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples
On Friday, March 3, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation was pleased to host José Francisco Calí Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, during his visit to Treaty 1 Territory and the homeland of the Red River Métis. The meeting was an opportunity for residential school Survivors, the NCTR, and […]
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AMC Attends Signing Ceremony in Support of the NCTR’s Acquisition of Records
March 13, 2023 Treaty One Territory, MB – Grand Chief Cathy Merrick, on behalf of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), was honoured to be present as a witness to a signing ceremony between the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and Manitoba Vital Statistics, held at the Legislative Building in Winnipeg, MB, today. […]
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New agreement will assist the search for children who never returned home from residential schools
March 13, 2023 WINNIPEG — Today, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and the Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch signed a memorandum of agreement enabling the NCTR to receive copies of provincial records that could hold important information about the residential school system, including the identities of children who died. To mark this agreement, […]
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Federal agreement with international agency a worrying misstep in the sacred work of finding our missing children
February 21 2023, The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is deeply concerned that the federal government has given the responsibility of carrying out an extremely sensitive engagement process to an international agency with no prior knowledge of the residential school system, and no prior experience working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Survivors. Under […]
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