�山ǿ�� News - truth and reconciliation commissions

Opinion: Reforming child welfare first step toward reconciliation

webfull — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:49:35 +0000

Cindy Blackstock is professor of social work, �山ǿ��, and executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

Published: 2 August 2017

Missing and murdered indigenous women

webfull — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:55:17 +0000

The federal government could announce some of the details of a much-anticipated national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. (Source: CBC)

Published: 8 December 2015

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

webfull — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:05:21 +0000

Over the last few decades, truth and reconciliation commissions (TRC) have been initiated in countries emerging out of conflicts all across the globe. From Argentina, to Rwanda, Brazil and in our own country, these truth-seeking bodies were tasked to investigate past records of all manner of human rights violations. As their name implies, TRCs attempt to set the historical record straight with the explicit goal of ensuring that such atrocities will never be repeated. Can the lessons learned from TRCs be used to enhance conflict mediation and prevention?

Published: 4 March 2014