Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Will you please provide me some information about Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

[Raman Vij]

The Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission organized by the parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

It was officially established on June 2, 2008.

The commission is part of an overall holistic response to the Indian residential school legacy.

The commission will look at activities within residential schools.

Hi I would like to know the details of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada?

[Shaleen]

Residential schools for Aboriginal persons in Canada date back to the 1870s. Over 130 residential schools were situated across the country, and the last school closed in 1996. These government-funded, church-run schools were put up to eliminate parental involvement in the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual development of Aboriginal children.

Beginning in the year 1880s, Aboriginal children across Canada were removed, often forcibly, from their homes and placed in Indian Residential Schools.

At the schools, students were prohibited to speak Native languages and practice their culture.

The larger crime in these schools were intended and operated by the church and state with the purpose of destroying Native cultures and communities in every corner of Canada.

This crime has caused immeasurable harm, not the least of which was allowing—even encouraging—the abuse mentioned above

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is authorized to operate for five years, during which time it will manuscript the history of the schools and their consequences and publicize survivors’ testimony and memories.

There are no paperwork accurately showing what proportion of aboriginal children were taken from their families, but there is no query that every Aboriginal community in Canada today is affected by the occurrence of residential school.