RE-RELEASE: Truth & Reconciliation Commission Series: Part I: Calls to Action

As we wind down the final parts of our complete recording of the TRC - we are re-releasing the Calls to Action so they appear in our feed how they appear chronologically in the Executive Summary. It has been our privilege to work on this project over these last months. We want to again thank everyone who came together to help us get this done. We have around 5 episodes to go which will be from the Report Appendices. In the meantime, please take a listen to the Calls to Action. It is always time for Reconciliation.

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Today we bring you the first installment of our Truth and Reconciliation Commission Series. This is a shortened version of the Calls to Action, a complete version of which - as it appears in the Executive Summary - will be released later this summer. These are the 94 specific calls to action which the TRC called for and it is essential reading/listening for settlers on this land we now call Canada. If you want to learn about how the 94 Calls to Action have and have not been implemented since the TRC Report, please check out resources here.

This is a project we will be unveiling throughout the summer of 2021, thanks in no small part to the many people who offered to volunteer to guest read. We will be providing a podcast format version of the entire Executive Summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, in addition to other TRC content. We hold space for Indigenous people who have been and continue to be harmed by colonialism. This recording is our way of engaging with Call to Action #27 - which calls upon legal professionals to ensure they have appropriate cultural competency training. We hope this can assist both legal professionals and the public in becoming culturally competent on this issue. We feel it our responsibility as settlers and as legal professionals to do this work and we thank you for listening.

These episodes will not be appearing on our YouTube feed. Instead, we ask you to please visit the #ReadtheTRC page on YouTube - linked here. This is an amazing project which provides YouTube videos of people reading the entire Executive Summary report and is perfect for those who wish to engage with the report with both an audio and visual component. We want to ensure full credit is given to Chelsea Vowel (link to work site here) who was one of the organizers of the #ReadTheTRC project. We hope our work serves as a companion piece and allows individuals to engage with the material in an accessible and available manner.

The Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program has a hotline to help residential school survivors and their relatives suffering from trauma invoked by past abuse. The number is 1-866-925-4419.

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