National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation News Archive

Donor Relations
The Winnipeg Foundation makes $5-million gift to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
March 14, 2024 —
The Winnipeg Foundation’s historic and lead gift to a $40-million capital campaign will support the building of a new permanent home for the NCTR in the heart of Treaty One Territory in Winnipeg.

Healing trauma with truth
October 3, 2023 —
In a recent visit to Winnipeg, acclaimed trauma and addictions expert Dr. Gabor Maté spoke out in support of a permanent UM home for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and why it will be so important to supporting Survivors and moving through trauma.

NCTR: The importance of decolonizing data now
September 29, 2023 —
VIDEO: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is working to restructure and decolonize its archives. Learn more about the meaningful ways Indigenous perspectives and data is breaking ground in cultural heritage policy and Indigenous research.

Coming Soon! Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023
August 30, 2023 —
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is proud to be hosting Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 from September 25-30.

NCTR archival records added to UNESCO Memory Register
June 30, 2023 —
An emotional ceremony was held June 29, 2023 to mark the Archival Records of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) being inscribed into the Memory of the World International Register created by UNESCO

NCTR and SSHRC partner to launch new funding for Indigenous-led research
November 23, 2022 —
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) will invest $6 million to support Indigenous-led research across Canada.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation welcomes funding for Centre’s new permanent home and long term work
November 9, 2022 —
$60 million in federal funding will help build a new, permanent home for NCTR at the University of Manitoba.

Faculty of Law
Getting oriented in a modern-day law school
September 9, 2022 —
If members of the law Class of 1925 had jumped into a time machine and attended the Juris Doctor Class of 2025 first year law orientation, they would be confounded at the difference in attitudes towards mental health, equality, diversity and inclusion, Indigenization of the Juris Doctor curriculum and a strong movement towards reconciliation.

Indigenous
What Pope Francis’ visit means to me
July 21, 2022 —
Personal reflection by a current Indigenous student at UM, Kathleen McKenzie

Research and International
Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools
July 13, 2022 —
Many Canadians are finally coming to terms with the truth that the Canadian government, in co-operation with Christian churches, ran a genocidal school system intended to 'kill the Indian in the child' for more than a century