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Notice of Available Position

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) is seeking a Director for its Inuit and Northern Sub-Commission.

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 Derouche, British Columbia from January 19-21, 2010.

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.

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.

First TRC National Event to be held in Winnipeg June 15, 2010

The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of Truth and Reconciliation Canada (TRC), with Commissioners Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild, announced that the TRC’s first national event will commence in Winnipeg on June 15, 2010.

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TRC Chair Murray Sinclair speaks at U of T

Truth and Reconciliation Canada chair, Justice Murray Sinclair spoke on the residential school experience and its legacy at the University of Toronto Law School on December 11, 2009. To view a webcast of his speech, please click here.

"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

Commissioners from left to right: Chief Wilton Littlechild, Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair (Chair), Marie Wilson

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