Historical context · Document / PDF
Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 2 — 1939 to 2000
The second historical part follows the system's operation and dismantling from 1939 to 2000. Chapters examine education, child welfare, health, discipline, abuse, sports, staff and the closing of schools.
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- Publisher / custodian
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- Source date
- 2015 report; NCTR-hosted edition
- Source type
- Historical context
- Format
- Document / PDF
- Regions
- Canada, Saskatchewan
- Peoples / communities
- First Nations, Inuit, Métis
Read with context
A national synthesis; a particular Saskatchewan school needs its own records and community context. Large PDF and distressing content.
Questions to investigate
- How did policy and daily school life change over this period?
- Use the contents to locate a relevant theme, then examine the evidence cited.
Access and reuse
- Access
- link-only
- Rights / reuse
- The NCTR identifies its TRC reports as public domain and freely duplicable. This entry links to the report; preserve full authorship, context and credits when preparing any permitted reuse. Publisher rights information ↗
- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Opened 859-page PDF; title, time range, 2015 date, contents and public-domain statement read.
Copy-ready citation
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 2 — 1939 to 2000. 2015 report; NCTR-hosted edition. https://nctr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Volume_1_History_Part_2_English_Web.pdf. Record checked 2026-09-30.
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