Reconciliation : Réconciliation

Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume 6 ISBN 978-0-7735-4662-2 Reconciliation The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Canada’s Residential Schools Volume 6 Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume 6 Published for the Truth an [...] The daily news has been filled with reports of controversial issues ranging from the call for a national inquiry on violence towards Aboriginal women and girls to the impact of the economic development of lands and resources on Treaties and Aboriginal title and rights.2 The courts continue to hear Aboriginal rights cases, and new litigation has been filed by Survivors of day schools not covered un [...] We all have stories to tell and in order to grow in tolerance and understanding we must listen to the stories of others.7 Over the past five years, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has urged Canadians not to wait until its final report was issued before contributing to the reconciliation process. [...] What I want to see from the Commission is to rewrite the history books so that other generations will understand and not go through the same thing that we’re going through now, like it never happened.16 At the Saskatchewan National Event, president of the Métis National Council Clement Chartier spoke to the Commission about the importance of truth to justice and reconciliation. [...] The continuing poverty in our commu- nities and the failure of our government to recognize that “yes, we own the land.” Stop the destruction of our territories and for God’s sake, stop the deaths of so many of our women on highways across this country.