NEWS
Monday, September 14, 2015 3
Truth and Reconciliation
Moving Forward After the TRC Report
simmy sahdra › news editor
O
v er the past summer, the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC) put
forth ninety-nine recommendations to
address the ongoing historical violence
Indigenous people face. Issues addressed include the
continuing legacy of the residential school system,
missing and murdered Indigenous women, and the
attempt to restore relations between Indigenous
people and other Canadians. The continuing violence
many Indigenous people face on a daily basis is outrageous, but the TRC Report provide a new and substantial resource in attempts to correct the process of
“cultural genocide” in Canada.
The TRC recommendations included:
Educational Reforms
Implementation of new federal legislation on
Aboriginal education and the elimination of the discrepancy in federal funding for Aboriginal children
going to school on reserves and children educated
outside their Aboriginal communities.
abuse against Indigenous people; working to eliminate the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in
custody; allowing trial judges to deviate from mandatory minimum sentences; and working to settle
claims from residential school survivors excluded
f rom t he settlement