We call upon provincial, territorial, municipal, and community archives to work collaboratively with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to identify and collect copies of all records relevant to the history and legacy of the residential school system, and to provide these to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Why “Stalled?”
Jan. 20, 2022: The Government of Canada signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the NCTR to share Residential School narratives not previously in their collection and are working with the NCTR on the next category of information to be shared, more than one million documents converted to a more readable format.
On Oct. 19, 2021, the NCTR said it’s still missing the final versions of school narratives and supporting documents from the federal government used in the Independent Assessment Process – the claims process in which residential-school survivors testified about abuses they suffered.
Additionally missing are various Library and Archives Canada quality records and records from provincial governments, most of whom have not yet produced vital statistics, including death certificates for children lost at schools or coroners’ reports
Current Status
December 2, 2022
Stalled
Previous Status
October 16, 2022
Stalled
Latest Updates
Site last updated on November 1, 2021
Commitment to provide records to NCTR
IRS death records
Globe and Mail – Ontario says it has found about 1,800 death registrations of school-aged Indigenous children that it will release to the National Centre……
November 1, 2021
Commitment to provide records to NCTR
The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC)
Algoma University is partnering with the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC to increase access to information about the history of Residential……
November 26, 2020
Commitment to provide records to NCTR
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre will house accounts of survivors that were collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The new centre……
April 8, 2018
Commitment to provide records to NCTR
The Journey Together: Ontario’s Commitment to Indigenous Peoples
Understanding the Legacy of Residential Schools New Funding: Up to $20 million over three years, including up to $1.4 million in 2016-17 to support the……
July 8, 2016
Govt. IRS Adjudication Secretariat
The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat has launched a program to alert former students who made claims of abuse at Indian Residential Schools about their……
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