Following Sharing Truth: a Vision for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s National Research Centre, last March's fact-finding forum where IPinCH Project Director George Nicholas was an invited speaker, the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission of Canada is now calling for Submissions to host a National Research Centre on residential schools.
|
||||
|
November 22, 2011
Winnipeg, MB - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) today posted the Call for Submissions to host the National Research Centre on residential schools. The establishment of the National Research Centre (NRC) will help to create the infrastructure that will house the permanent record of the residential school system in Canada. The NRC will be a permanent resource to educate all Canadians on what happened within the residential schools. It will be accessible to former students, their families and communities, the general public, researchers and educators. The entity selected to host the NRC will be responsible for the preservation of one of Canada’s largest collections of oral history. The host will work with the Commission to preserve and archive millions of records including Survivor statements, documents, photos and other digital records imaged from Government and Church archives alongside materials created and received during the Commission’s work. Through the Call for Submissions, the Commission will ensure that a National Memory is preserved and recognized for future generations of all Canadians.
Contacts:
If you have questions about the submission application please contact Laver Simard, TRC Contracting Specialist at 204-984-7622 or email laver.simard@trc.ca. Media please contact Nancy Pine at 613-947-4647 office, 613-316-5654 cell, or email nancy.pine@trc.ca.  Le 22 novembre 2011 Winnipeg (Man.) – La Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada (TRC) a affiché aujourd'hui l'appel de propositions pour accueillir le Centre national de recherche sur les pensionnats autochtones. L’établissement du Centre national de recherche (CNR) contribuera à créer l'infrastructure qui abritera le registre permanent du système des pensionnats au Canada. Le CNR constituera une ressource permanente pour sensibiliser tous les Canadiens à ce qui s'est passé dans les pensionnats. Le Centre sera accessible aux anciens élèves, à leurs familles et communautés, au grand public, aux chercheurs et aux éducateurs. L'entité choisie pour accueillir le CNR sera responsable de la préservation de l'une des plus importantes collections de récits oraux au Canada. L'hôte travaillera en collaboration avec la Commission pour conserver et archiver des millions de dossiers, y compris des déclarations de survivants, des documents, des photos et d’autres enregistrements numériques copiés à partir des archives du gouvernement et de l'église, ainsi que des documents créés et reçus pendant les travaux de la Commission.
Pour visionner les diffusions Web du Forum sur le Centre national de recherche Partager les faits : la création d’un centre national de recherche sur les pensionnats, tenu en mars 2011, visitez le site : http://www.trc-nrc.ca/websites/NRC/index.php?p=182.
Personnes-ressources: N’hésitez pas à communiquer avec Laver Simard, Spécialiste de l’approvisionnement et des contrats de CVR, au 204-984-7622 ou par courriel à laver.simard@trc.ca, si vous avez des questions sur la présentation de propositions. Les médias peuvent communiquer avec Nancy Pine au 613-947-4647 (bureau) ou au 613-316-5654 (cellulaire), ou par courriel à nancy.pine@trc.ca. |
||||
 |
||||
Canada’s Residential School system lasted 150 years. Aboriginal families continue to feel its negative impacts today. As part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s mandate to educate Canadians about Residential schools and their legacy, a National Research Centre will be established.
Join TRC Commissioners Chair Justice Murray Sinclair, Chief Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson as they hear from experts from truth commissions from around the globe. These experts have been invited to share their ideas and strategies for the development of the National Research Centre on Residential Schools. Stakeholders attending this forum will include representatives from international, federal and provincial governments, academia, archivists and institutes. Residential School survivors, Aboriginal organizations and parties to the Residential School Settlement Agreement will also be invited.
This Forum provides a unique opportunity for stakeholders to witness the beginning of what will become Canada’s largest permanent collection of oral history of its kind.
Organizations interested in being involved in the establishment and operation of this national research centre should consider participating in the Forum.
IPinCH Project Director George Nicholas has been invited to participate in a March 2nd panel entitled North American Indigenous Archival Materials with particular reference to the IPinCH project.
For more information on the program, speakers and registration please visit www.trc-nrc.ca.
For more information on the TRC, please visit: www.trc.ca.
