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Volume 1, part 2 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on Canada’s Residential Schools carries the story of the residential school system from the end of the Great Depression to the closing of the last remaining schools in the late 1990s. It demonstrates that the underfunding and unsafe living conditions that characterized the … Read More >

Last week our MQUP colleagues, Ryan Van Huijstee and Elena Goranescu, attended the event in Ottawa announcing the completion of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  Here are Ryan’s observations:

The words “moved” and “moving” were used frequently over the last week to describe the release of the Truth and Reconciliation … Read More >

Two chairs were left empty on the stage at this week’s official release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The chairs were there to honour the memory of the children who never returned from the residential schools.

Below, a sobering excerpt from Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials, volume 4 of … Read More >

McGill-Queen’s University Press has undertaken to publish its own edition of the six volumes of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in English and French, after the TRC officially releases the report in mid-December. The final report is expected to be over 2 million words with contributions from over 6,750 … Read More >