Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission is an impending truth commission organized by the parties to the settlement agreement http://www.residentialschoolsettlement.ca/SCHEDULE_N.pdf for former Indian residential school students.

After their closing, schools have become notorious for allegations of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse and neglect as part of an effort to forcibly assimilate First Nations children. The matter of student deaths at these institutions, and their burial in unmarked graves without the notification or consent of the parents is an additional item on the agenda.

In March 2008, Indigenous leaders and Church officials embarked on a multi-city "Remembering the Children" tour to promote the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.^[1]

It is being chaired by Justice Harry S. Laforme of the Ontario Court of Appeal.

On June 11th 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the government's role in their administration of the residential schools.