CANADA
Vancouver Sun
For more than 150 years, thousands of Aboriginal children in Canada were taken from families and communities, and stripped of languages, cultural identities and traditions.
They were to become a part of mainstream culture. The government policy failed, but the devastating impacts continue today. Yet the history and impacts of residential school are still relatively unknown and little understood.
A core mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) is to educate all Canadians about the complete history of the residential schools, and to inspire reconciliation for individuals, families, communities, religious organizations and peoples of faith, governments, and the people of Canada.
The Anglican, United, and Presbyterian Churches and the Roman Catholic entities which ran residential schools signed the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement in 2007, whose provisions established the TRC’s mandate. As a result these Christian denominations are key partners in the TRC’s work.
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