Truth and Reconciliation News Archive
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.
Promoting healing, education and reflection across the country
September 27, 2023 —
A member of the Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation, and an athlete who believes in the power of movement as medicine, UM law student Tréchelle Bunn founded a healing walk in July 2021 which has since grown into the Reconciliation Run, Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Half Marathon.
Indigenous
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events and engagement opportunities
September 22, 2023 —
The third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will take place on September 30. There are many ways you can observe the day, with opportunities both on and off campus to engage in learning and reflection and to honour the healing journey of residential school Survivors.
Winnipeg Free Press: Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation woman preparing to host second Reconciliation Run half-marathon
September 12, 2023 —
Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation woman preparing to host second Reconciliation Run half-marathon
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.
Faculty of Law
UM makes Indigenous Law course mandatory for all law students, and offers new concentrations this fall
December 9, 2022 —
A course in Indigenous law will be mandatory for all law students starting next year, and students will also have the opportunity to focus their studies in one of three new concentrations including Private Enterprise and the Law, Law and Society, and Criminal Law and Justice, in addition to the existing concentration in Access to Justice in French. Graduate law students will also see changes to the Master of Laws program including now having the opportunity to take clinical experience electives.