94 CALLS TO ACTION
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was created through a legal settlement between Residential Schools Survivors, the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit representatives and the parties responsible for creation and operation of the schools: the federal government and the church bodies.
The TRC’s mandate was to inform all Canadians about what happened in residential schools. The TRC documented the truth of Survivors, their families, communities and anyone personally affected by the residential school experience. This included First Nations, Inuit and Métis former residential school students, their families, communities, the churches, former school employees, government officials and other Canadians.
The TRC concluded its mandate in 2015 and transferred its records to the safekeeping of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR).
When the members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair, Dr. Marie Wilson, and Chief Wilton Littlechild) finished their work, they published their findings in a number of documents:
- Summary of the Final Report
- What we have learned
- The Survivors Speak
- Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 1
- Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2
- Canada’s Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern Experience
- Canada’s Residential Schools: The Métis Experience
- Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
- Canada’s Residential Schools: The Legacy
- Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation
What are the 94 Calls to Action?
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission also created a short document with 94 calls to action for every member of society. The summaries of all the 94 Calls to Action are below listed under each of the 22 headings. The full text of each call can be found here.
LEGACY
CHILD WELFARE





education







Language and Culture





Health







justice


















Reconciliation
Canadian Government and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)


Royal Proclamation and the Covenant of Reconciliation



Settlement agreement parties and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)


Equity for Aboriginal People in the Legal System



National Council for Reconciliation




Professional Development and Training for Public Servants

Church apologies and reconciliation




Education for reconciliation




Youth programs

Museums and archives




Missing Children and burial information






National Center for Truth and Reconciliation


Commemoration





Media and Reconciliation



Sports and Reconciliation





Business and Reconciliation

Newcomers to Canada

