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- About the NCTR
- Who We Are
- History of the TRC
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  - 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
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  - 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
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- 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
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  - 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
- Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Initiative
- Na-mi-quai-ni-mak
- National Advisory Committee on
  Residential Schools Missing
  Children and Unmarked Burials
- 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.
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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.

Category: Statements and News Releases

A Message from Stephanie Scott, Executive Director for the NCTR

Jun 21 2024

June is an important month for Indigenous Peoples as we celebrate both National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples …

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National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials will not support engagement processes that are not Indigenous-led

May 29 2023

After careful consideration, the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials has decided that it will …

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“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