Update from The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Press Release
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is reaching out to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments, representative organizations, and community partners to inform them of new knowledge that the Centre has confirmed concerning the names of children who were lost while under the responsibility of residential school authorities.
Please be advised that this fall, the NCTR will release new research that identifies the names of children whose deaths have recently been confirmed.
Finding and identifying the lost children has always been a fundamental concern for Indigenous Peoples. This new information uncovered by the NCTR will help fulfill the Truth and Reconciliation’s Call to Action 72 for the establishment of a National Residential School Student Death Register.
This knowledge can help address denialism and support the reparations, healing, and understanding that are so important to Nations and communities as they revitalize and plan their own futures.
The NCTR recognizes the sacred value of this knowledge. For this reason, the Centre has made every effort to be guided by Survivors, Nations, and communities in the access, use, and storage of this information. In response to the TRC’s Call to Action 72, the NCTR established the National Residential School Student Death Register in 2019, a database that holds the most complete information available for each child. Out of respect for families, access to this database is restricted to relatives and by special permission.
The NCTR also established a commemorative National Student Memorial Register page on its website, nctr.ca, in 2019. This page lists the names of each student. The National Student Memorial Register was established after
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