Part I: Framework for Reconciliation What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? In December 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued its Final Report on the legacy of Residential Schools in Canada. The TRC Final Report is a six-volume document that captures the genocide that Indigenous peoples endured in Canada since the first European settlers arrived on Turtle Island. The Report details how the Canadian government intended to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Western culture and religion by taking children out of their homes and stripping them of their the Indigenous identity and
Part I: Framework for Reconciliation What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? In December 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued its Final Report on the legacy of Residential Schools in Canada. The TRC Final Report is a six-volume document that captures the genocide that Indigenous peoples endured in Canada since the first European settlers arrived on Turtle Island. The Report details how the Canadian government intended to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Western culture and religion by taking children out of their homes and stripping them of their the Indigenous identity and