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Week 3- Truth & Reconciliation4/26/2020 In 2008, PM Harper addressed the House of Commons, and Canada and issued a formal apology to the survivors of Indian Residential schools. You can watch a short excerpt here: A settlement was reached from a class action lawsuit of abuse survivors and other school attendees. Each were offered individual payouts, but many of them were declined in favour of creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with two main purposes: 1) hear testimony from families and survivors and document what occurred 2) make recommendations for the reconciliation of the aboriginal people and other Canadians Here is the Commission Chair Justice Murray Sinclair, speaking about it: After years of gathering stories, the Commission established a list of 94 recommendations for reconciliation and established the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Museum in Winnipeg. Your challenge this week is to complete two activities about reconciliation. First, look at excerpts from Justice Sinclair's delivery of the 94 recommendations (below), and second, explore the interactive page about the 94 recommendations to assess how we, as Canadian citizens, are accomplishing those 'calls to action'. I have also linked a CBC article that nicely summarizes the list.
This week's optional discussion topics: Monday 10am: Truth & Reconciliation Thursday 9am: Echo Support
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