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CPAC Documentaries

Returning Home (English DV version)

Note: This version includes English-language described video. Canada’s Residential Schools are the legacy of a world where relationships are severed in the service of power and where people become detached from one another (...)
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CPAC Documentaries

Returning Home

Canada’s Residential Schools are the legacy of a world where relationships are severed in the service of power and where people become detached from one another and the complex webs of interdependence. Among the Secwépemc in (...)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: 2024

"Remembering the Children" is a special broadcast that honours residential school survivors, their families, their communities, and all the children who never made it home. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (...)
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CPAC Special

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

"Remembering the Children" is a special broadcast that honours residential school survivors, their families, their communities, and all the children who never made it home. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (...)
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CPAC Special

Remembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2023

"Remembering the Children" is a special broadcast that honours residential school survivors, their families, their communities, and all the children who never made it home. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (...)
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CPAC Special

Remembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and APTN co-host a national commemorative gathering at LeBreton Flats Park in Ottawa in recognition of the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (...)
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CPAC Special

Governor General Mary Simon Hosts Youth Gathering at Rideau Hall

Governor General Mary Simon delivers remarks as she hosts a gathering for school children at Rideau Hall in Ottawa to mark the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (September 30, 2022)
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CPAC Special

Nat'l Day for Truth and Reconciliation: PM Trudeau Attends Niagara Falls Event

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the participants in the "Beyond the Orange Shirt Story" event in Niagara Falls, Ont., marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (September 30, 2022) (no interpretation)
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CPAC Special

Government Marks First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The federal government holds an evening ceremony on Parliament Hill on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The new federal statutory holiday on September 30 honours the Indigenous children who (...)
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Headline Politics

First Nation Releases Report on Unmarked Graves Discovered in Kamloops

The Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation releases the findings of a report about the discovery of unmarked graves at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. The First Nation announced in (...)
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Public Record

Senator Murray Sinclair Delivers 2019 Symons Lecture

Independent Senator Murray Sinclair receives the 19th Symons Medal in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for exceptional contribution to Canadian life. Following the medal presentation, the former chief commissioner of the (...)
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Headline Politics

AFN Special Chiefs Assembly – Gord Downie

On December 6, 2016, at the Special Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau, Quebec, the Assembly of First Nations honours Tragically Hip singer and songwriter Gord Downie for his work highlighting the effects of the residential schools (...)
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CPAC Special

Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – December 15, 2015

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases its final report on the legacy of Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Justice Murray Sinclair (commission chair) and commissioners Chief Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson (...)
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CPAC Special

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Closing Ceremony – June 3, 2015

A closing ceremony is held at Rideau Hall to formally mark the completion of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was tasked with examining the legacy of the residential school system in Canada. (June 3, 2015)
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Public Record

Truth and Reconciliation Commission – Halifax (Part 2 of 2)

On October 26-29, 2011, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada held its Atlantic National Event in Halifax. Residential school survivors had the opportunity to share their experiences and provide a public forum for (...)
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Public Record

Truth and Reconciliation Commission – Halifax (Part 1 of 2)

Expressions of Reconciliation On October 26-29, 2011, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada held its Atlantic National Event in Halifax. Residential school survivors had the opportunity to share their experiences (...)
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Public Record

Launch of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – June 16, 2010

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aboriginal elders, survivors of the residential school system, and members of the public gather at the first national event held by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The commission’s (...)
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CPAC Special

Statement of Apology to Former Students of Indian Residential Schools

In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers the government’s official apology for abuses suffered by former students of the Canadian residential school system. Following Mr. Harper’s apology, federal party (...)
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Public Record

Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders’ Tour

Citizens and indigenous, religious, and political leaders meet to launch the Remembering the Children Tour, Gatineau, Que., March 2, 2008. The tour is a component of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (...)