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Residential schools & the work of truth
Children, Survivors and continuing responsibilities
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- Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Calls to Action
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Primary document · Document / PDF
- The Survivors Speak
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Archival record · Document / PDF
- Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 — Origins to 1939
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Historical context · Document / PDF
- Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 2 — 1939 to 2000
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Historical context · Document / PDF
- Canada's Residential Schools: The Métis Experience
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Historical context · Document / PDF
- Canada's Residential Schools: The Legacy
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Historical context · Document / PDF
- Canada's Residential Schools: Reconciliation
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Primary document · Document / PDF
- Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Historical context · Document / PDF
- What We Have Learned: Principles of Truth and Reconciliation
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Primary document · Document / PDF
- NCTR Archives and Collections
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation · Collection portal · Archive
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