Cindy BlackstockĀ is professor of social work, McGill University, and executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

Classified as: truth and reconciliation commissions, First Nations Children, child welfare system, Cindy Blackstock, School of Social Work, The Toronto Star
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Published on: 2 Aug 2017

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

Classified as: aboriginal, ronald niezen, truth and reconciliation commissions, Aboriginals, missing and murdered, Rights of indigenous peoples
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Published on: 8 Dec 2015

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?

Classified as: truth and reconciliation commissions
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Published on: 4 Mar 2014
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