Statements and News Releases
NCTR launches a new website and archive database
The new and improved National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) website and archive database is now live. Some of …
Statement from the Survivors Circle regarding Bill C-5
It is the collective responsibility of all Canadians to implement the 94 Calls to Action for true Reconciliation. We call …
NCTR Executive Director
Meet Stephanie Scott the newly appointed NCTR Executive Director The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) Governing Circle and …
New NCTR Funding
NCTR reimagines what its archives can be, and do Will create a new international benchmark for making archives an agent …
Public Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
THE HONOURABLE MURRAY SINCLAIR, CHIEF WILTON LITTLECHILD, DR. MARIE WILSON, COMMISSIONERS DECEMBER 15, 2020 Five years ago today, we stood …
Statement on the five-year anniversary of the TRC closing ceremony
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) supports the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioners’ statement on the urgency …
NCTR Statement on the Mi’kmaq Fishing Rights
Historic Treaties between the Mi’kmaq people and the British Crown were meant to be based on an ongoing relationship of …
Recognition of Historic Significance of the Residential School System and Former Residential Schools Crucial Step on Path to Reconciliation
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) welcomes the federal government’s official recognition that tragic harms inflicted through the …
Lessons learned report released following review of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement
Winnipeg, Manitoba – February 20, 2020 – Informed by Residential School Survivors from across the country, a report released today …
Remembering Indigenous Soldiers
Residential School children joined the Cadets to escape the school, and it got them on the front lines. (Photo: St. …
“Ka-kí-kiskéyihtétan óma, namoya kinwés maka aciyowés pohko óma óta ka-hayayak wasétam askihk, ékwa ka-kakwéy miskétan kiskéyihtamowin, iyinísiwin, kistéyitowin, mina nánisitotatowin kakiya ayisiniwak, ékosi óma kakiya ka-wahkotowak.”
Cree Proverb