With the appointment of a new Chair and two Commissioners, the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) is moving forward to fulfill its
mandate by creating an Inuit and Northern Sub-commission. Over the next five
years the TRC will attend community events, organize a National Event in the
north, and implement a strategy to gather as much information as possible about
the experience of the Inuit and other northern Aboriginal peoples concerning
the Indian Residential School experience and its legacy. The TRC will do this
by gathering statements directly from former students and others who have been
impacted by IRS, and also by collecting relevant historical records.
As an integral part of fulfilling its mandate, the TRC has established
an Inuit and Northern Sub-commission to ensure that Inuit and other northern
survivors of the Residential Schools experience are fully consulted as part of
the truth telling reconciliation process.
The TRC recognizes that the legacy of the IRS system has had profound
intergenerational impacts on the Inuit and other northern Aboriginal peoples
and that it is important that those communities be approached and participate
within their unique cultural, language and spiritual traditions. Reporting to the Executive Director and as a
member of the executive committee, the TRC is seeking a key individual to
provide corporate, national leadership, strategic direction and focus to all
TRC activities, events, communications and staff working with Inuit and
northern communities and survivors.
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