CANADA
CBC News
A new research centre on residential schools, to be based in Winnipeg, will preserve a national memory of what happened to aboriginal children who attended the schools, says the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The commission and the University of Manitoba will sign an agreement on Friday, which is National Aboriginal Day, to mark the establishment of the new research centre.
Manitoba Justice Murray Sinclair, who chairs the commission, says the research centre is important because it will give all Canadians an opportunity to learn about the residential schools experience.
“That is important for us, and I think it’s also important for the aboriginal community because it’s a way for us to ensure that we have a national memory around residential schools,” he told CBC News on Thursday.
The signing ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. on the University of Manitoba campus.
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