National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation News Archive
Extended Education
Indigenous storytellers share history and experience
March 29, 2019 —
“I love telling stories. That’s my thing. Where did I learn to do that? There are many teachers in my family. I am also part Irish, so, of course, I have the gift of the gab.” - Fred Shore
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Blanket exercise builds bridges, Indigenous knowledge
February 8, 2019 —
College of Pharmacy hosts cultural awareness session
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Paddle acknowledges courage of Residential School Survivors
September 26, 2018 —
Paddle gifted to the NCTR as a public acknowledgement of the faculty's commitment to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action and Principles of Reconciliation within the field of kinesiology, recreation, sport, and physical education.
CBC: Students use art to shed light on Canada’s dark past
June 26, 2018 —
A painting by 3 Gonzaga Middle School students is now part of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Canoes, Colonialism and Reconciliation
June 4, 2018 —
Please join us on Friday, June 8, for a screening of two films about canoes, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Derrick LaMere and Hillary Beattie.
Indigenous
Imagine a Canada – through the lens of Reconciliation
May 29, 2018 —
Students from kindergarten through undergraduates at post-secondary institutions were invited to share their vision of the country’s future through the lens of Reconciliation
Faculty of Law
Building Bridges conference brings Indigenous and Newcomer communities together
May 17, 2018 —
Last year in May, 2017, a unique conference titled "Building Bridges Between Canada's Indigenous and Newcomer Groups" was held at Thunderbird House in Winnipeg. The event resulted from discussions on Canada’s 150th and the conflicting senses of pride, frustration, pain and hope alongside the important work of welcoming and successfully settling newcomers to Canada; as well as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action that mandated a more inclusive history of Indigenous experiences and the history of residential schools in the newcomer information kit, citizenship test and oath.
Officials from Mali seeking input and advice on Truth and Reconciliation
May 11, 2018 —
Officials from Mali visit the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the U of M
Facing conflicting values in post-secondary education
March 26, 2018 —
An op-ed by Kevin Lamoureux, Head of Education at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation