Future of reconciliation in Canada includes next generation of Indigenous youth
Global News
Residential school survivors hope to pass down records and information to the next generation as they inherit the path to reconciliation.
This is the fourth and final story in a Global News series called Journey Towards Reconciliation. To see previous stories, click here.
Young Indigenous people in Canada have inherited the impacts of residential schools through intergenerational trauma, and now the work towards reconciliation is also being passed down.
Many Indigenous communities believe in the Seventh Generation Principle, which dictates that the decisions we make today should have a positive impact on the world seven generations into the future.
So what does that mean when it comes to the journey towards reconciliation?
Jennifer Wood works with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg.
On Jan. 20, 2022, the NCTR signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government, making the organization the steward of the records, archives and other historical documents related to residential schools that are in Canada’s possession.
“We couldn’t be at a better place in our history,” Wood told Global News.
The mission of the NCTR is to support residential school survivors, conduct further research into the children who didn’t come home and educate Canadians and others about the residential school system and ongoing impacts of colonialism on Indigenous people.
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