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Regional Liaison Job Competition- As advertised in late June and early July, the TRC is hiring seven Regional Liaison Officers. Interviews for these positions will be taking place throughout September for all seven locations: Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Montreal, and Yellowknife. All those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted by September 10th.

The TRC wishes to thank everyone for their interest in the position but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

University of Winnipeg Announces Scholarships For Survivors and Descendants

The University of Winnipeg is now accepting applications for two new scholarships valued at $5,000 each, created to honour and support Indigenous students who are descendants of survivors of residential schools or who themselves are residential school survivors. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Scholarship will be awarded annually to one male and one female student.
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Our Sympathies

Commissioners and staff of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were saddened to learn of the passing of Edward Gamblin of Norway House Cree Nation, Manitoba. Edward’s experience of survival and personal reconciliation was recently shared and for that, we are very grateful. We offer heartfelt condolences to his loved ones. 

Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair Speaks at AFN Annual General Assembly

 The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair provides an update on TRC activities and presents a video of the Winnipeg National Event. View

Remembering the Children in Red Deer

On June 30, the TRC Commissioners attended a very special ceremony in Alberta to honour the 350 children who attended the Red Deer Residential School. Read More

Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks

CBC Manitoba will be airing a special presentation this Saturday, July 17 at 7pm. Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks was filmed at the TRC National Event in Winnipeg this past June. The performance features artists such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tamara Podemski, Murray Porter, and others in a musical tribute to survivors of residential schools. Click here for more information.

Artist Submissions

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will gather and commemorate the experiences and the legacy of Indian Residential Schools over the next five years. While part of this will be accomplished through statement gathering from survivors themselves, there is more to capture.

As an artist, we invite you to be a part of the healing, reconciliation and remembrance. Submit your interpretation of the Indian Residential School experience- its meaning and its enduring legacy- to the TRC. All art forms are welcome and all artists living in Canada are encouraged to participate.
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Working Together for a Better Future

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada participated in the Journey of Heroes Indian Residential School Conference held in Deroche, British Columbia from January 19-21, 2010.
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Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations Welcome TRC to Nuu-chah-nulth Territory

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner Marie Wilson, Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild, members of the TRC Survivor Committee and staff were welcomed to the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations on January 12, 2010 in Tofino, British Columbia.
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Share Your Experience

The TRC wants to meet with, and collect the experiences of former students, staff, their families and anybody else who has an experience to share. Those willing to share will be able to do so in safety and with respect. Throughout the TRC’s five-year mandate, people will have two ways to share their experiences: by attending one of the seven national events and taking part in on-site statement gathering; or by contacting the TRC and arranging to provide a statement when the time is right. Click here for more information, or link to the TRC YouTube channel to watch a clip on the Statement Gathering process.

Sioux Lookout TRC Community Event

Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Visit Sioux Lookout on May 12 and 13, 2010.

This event will be Webcast Live and online chat will be available during the live session...

Wednesday May 12, starting at 7 PM
Presentations at the Sunset Suites

Thursday May 13, starting at 9 AM
Presentations and Sharing Circle at Pelican Falls High School
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Justice Sinclair gives blessing at acclaimed play

The moment was not lost on Murray Sinclair.
Sinclair, the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Justice, who serves as the chairman of the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission, had the honour of giving the traditional blessing before the critically ac claimed play Where the Blood Mixes at Prairie Theatre Exchange Thurs day night.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada appoints new directors

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is pleased announce the recruitment of four senior staff members.
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As the Chair I promise you this

We (Chairperson Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioners Chief Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson) are committed to each other and to the cause of the Commission and we will see this through to the end. I promise you that we will seek out the stories of all those connected to the schools who are still alive, from the students and the teachers, to the managers and the janitors, as well as the officials who planned and carried out the whole thing.

If you have a story to tell about the schools, we will hear it. If you cannot come to us, we will come to you. If you cannot speak, we will find someone to speak for you.

We will go to as many communities as we humanly can manage and where we can't go ourselves we will send our delegates armed with our authority to record the stories of those who wish to tell them.

And in the end we will ensure that the whole world hears their truths and the truth about residential schools, so that future generations of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians will be able to hold to the statement that resonates with all of us: This must never happen again."

Justice Murray Sinclair,
Chairperson TRC speaking to Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in Calgary, July 22nd. 2009