Perspectives

Read the one line descriptions below and feel the pulse of reconciliation – currently weak and getting weaker. Read the 44 “Current Problems” across 13 “Themes” in multiple jurisdictions across Canada: Federal, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Nfld and Lab., Nunavut, Ontario – including court cases that are national in scope and ask yourself:

The federal government is directly or jointly accountable for 76 of the 94 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action. The official government website “Delivering on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action“ provides detailed explanations of actions they are delivering to advance each one. In addition to their perspectives, three other independent

If you really want to see what is happening with reconciliation, take a glance through these updates as well as the previous ones. Every 6-8 weeks on average, these updates aggregate what is happening within that time period – good and bad, big and small, substantive and inconsequential – across the full spectrum of Indigenous

“The Olympic Games, it carries the name ‘Olympic Games’ — we’re going to play,” Blanchet said in French, adding that he understands the Games mean a lot to athletes who devoted their lives to their respective sports. “But it’s not more important than the survival of a people, a nation, a culture,” he said. Yves-François

Call to Action Status as of Dec. 5, 2021 Not Started Stalled In Progress Complete 11 27 46 10 11.7% 28.7% 48.9% 10.6% Legacy Calls to Action (1 – 42) Reconciliation Calls to Action (43 – 94) Not Started 26, 34, 42, 51, 52, 64 45, 47, 55, 56, 89 Stalled 2, 3, 6, 8,

Oct. 5, 2021 – The Guardian – “The death of Joyce Echaquan was an “undeniable” example of systematic racism in the province, the Québec coroner Géhane Kamel told reporters… she believed Echaquan would probably be alive today if she were white, adding that “large sections of our society deny such a well-documented reality” that systemic

Calls to Action Status as of Oct. 4, 2021 Not Started Stalled In Progress Complete 11 25 49 9 11.7% 26.6% 52.1% 9.6% Status Change The following Calls to Action (C2A)have changed their status since the last update on Sept. 5, 2021. C2A Description Status Change Why? 58 Papal apology to survivors From STALLED to