Reports
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Highlighted Reports
We would like to bring these reports to the country’s attention as there is more work to be done and more children to be found to honour and protect them.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports
Reports listed here were issued or created by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). These digital copies can be accessed or duplicated at no charge from the NCTR’s website. All reports are in the public domain.
Full print copies of the TRC reports can be purchased from McGill-Queen’s University Press. At this time, the NCTR does not offer print copies for sale.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Reports
Reports listed here were issued or created by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Creating an Engagement Plan with Indigenous Communities:
Considerations and approaches to develop relationships with Indigenous peoples, communities and Nations about the future use or protection of former Residential School Sites and/or buildings.
This report by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation was prepared for Indigenous Services Canada in 2023. Indigenous Services Canada conducted an environmental scan study as part of a broader effort to understand the current status, jurisdictional ownership and condition of sites and buildings associated with the 140 former residential school recognized in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Indigenous Services Canada prepared a narrative report and an interactive mapping tool which can be accessed through its departmental web site.
The Creating an Engagement Plan with Indigenous Communities report is meant to compliment ISC’s environmental scan by offering guidance for decisions concerning the future of former Indian residential school sites and buildings to ensure decision-makers account for the wishes of communities and Survivors.
This work is separate from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s priority to implement Call to Action #73 Memorial Register – NCTR
- Build an information repository for the National Residential School Cemetery Register.
- Analyze information relating to missing children and student deaths at former Indian Residential Schools and the presence and condition of cemeteries.
- Create a map of cemeteries and burial sites.
Modern Reports
Reports listed here are relevant and important reports issued in recent years related to the Residential School system.
Government Reports
Reports listed here are central historical reports related to the Residential School system.
Legislation
Reports listed here were created by the Canadian Government regarding First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Reports
We gratefully acknowledge the Legacy of Hope Foundation for granting access to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation publications. Visit https://ahf2.ca/ to order hard copies.
NCTR’s spirit name – bezhig miigwan, meaning “one feather”.
Bezhig miigwan calls upon us to see each Survivor coming to the NCTR as a single eagle feather and to show those Survivors the same respect and attention an eagle feather deserves. It also teaches we are all in this together — we are all one, connected, and it is vital to work together to achieve reconciliation.