We welcome you to the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.

The records on our site emerge from the cultural and physical genocide that the Canadian government and churches conducted through the Indian Residential School System, including the ongoing impacts.

Bearing witness to these records may become overwhelming. If you are a Survivor or an Intergenerational Survivor and would like support, you can call the 24-hour National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at:

1-866-925-4419

Please click the button below for other cultural and mental health resources.

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Map of Truth and Reconciliation Commission events from the Interim Report. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins

2009
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Following a troubled start in 2008, three commissioners—Justice Murray Sinclair, Chief Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson—were appointed and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada started.  Commission proceedings included national gatherings, regional gatherings, statement gathering and smaller events across Canada.

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