LibGuides: Indigenous Studies: Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Truth and Reconciliation Commission

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is the permanent home of statements, documents, and other materials created during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The NCTR website also provides resources for research on residential schools. Look through the Reports page to find the full text of many recent and historical reports. You can find additional documents on the Publications page.

Reports

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
The NCTR is the permanent home of statements, documents, and other materials created during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Canada’s Residential Schools: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Vol.1 – Vol. 6) Print. In Library
Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 1, Origins to 1939 (Vol. 1a)
Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2, 1939 (Vol. 1b)
Canada’s Residential Schools: the Inuit and Northern Experience (Vol. 2)
Canada’s Residential Schools: The Metis Experience (Vol. 3)
Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials (Vol. 4)
Canada’s Residential Schools: The Legacy (Vol. 5)
Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation (Vol.6)
Honouring the Truth: Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
What we have Learned: principles of truth and reconciliation
The survivor's speak: a report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

TRC - Additional Reports

Documentaries and Videos

We Were Children
This feature film tells the story of residential schools through the eyes of two young children.
Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools
The Legacy of Hope Foundation created this documentary as an educational resource about residential schools.
Second Stories: It Had to Be Done
This 22 minute long National Film Board film tells the story of two survivors of residential school, who returned as adults to work in the school they had attended.