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About
- About
- About the NCTR
- Who We Are
- History of the TRC
- About
  - The NCTR is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations.
Your Records
- View
- Preserve
- Access
- Your Records
  - The NCTR is your Centre. The stories and records cared for by the NCTR are a crucial part of the shared history of Canada. Understanding these truths is a vital foundation for the future.
Education
- Education
  - Overview
  - Scholarships
- Teaching Resources
- Educational Programs
- Truth and Reconciliation Week
- Education
  - Part of the NCTR mandate is to preserve and make accessible the memory and legacy of the residential school system and the experiences of Survivors and their families for future generations.
Exhibits
- View Exhibits
- Exhibits
  - To help foster reconciliation and healing, the NCTR curates both digital and material exhibits documenting the history and legacy of the residential school system for the benefit of all Canadians.
Memorial
- National Student Memorial
- Na-mi-quai-ni-mak
- National Advisory Committee on
  Residential School Missing
  Children and Unmarked Burials
  - NAC-CNN Website
- Memorial
  - The National Student Memorial Register was created to remember and honour the children who never returned home from residential schools, now and into the future.
    The Na-mi-quai-ni-mak (I Remember Them) Fund at the NCTR offers two separate grants to support commemorative and community-based healing initiatives.
Research
- Research
- Research
  - We respectfully promote and advance research in areas related to the legacy of residential schools. Academic and community-based researchers can access material held in the archives as well as contribute to the living legacy of the NCTR.
Publications & Reports
- Publications & Reports
Contact
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  - Survivors
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  - Our goal is to make your path to information as clear and easy as possible. Whether you are a survivor, member of the media, or a researcher.

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Imagine a Canada Arrives at Airports

Dec 13 2018

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba is displaying more than 450 submissions from the …

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NCTR Creating Memorial Register – Honouring Residential School Children

Oct 23 2018

Honouring those who never came home: NCTR creating Memorial Register of children who passed away in Residential Schools Currently there …

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Lessons Learned from the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement

Oct 23 2018

The Future is ours to create together. Call for ‘lessons learned’ on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement from Residential …

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Imagine a Canada 2019 Launches

Oct 17 2018

The NCTR is calling all young people from across the country from kindergarten to grade 12 to lead our nation …

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Shop the NCTR Online Store!

Jul 16 2018

The NCTR now has an online store where you can purchase NCTR branded products such as mugs, water bottles, pins, …

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Cree Proverb