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CBABC Resources ↩

CBA Truth & Reconciliation Toolkit for Firms
Can be used as a guide to begin or extend your firm’s reconciliation journey. Each curated section includes examples, templates and important links.

CBABC On-Demand Professional Development Programs
Sessions designed to support BC’s legal community work toward reconciliation through education and skills-based programming.

BarTalk Indigenous Matters
Commemorating Canada’s second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this issue published in October 2022 opens the floor to diverse legal professionals lending their voices on Indigenous matters.

Conversations with the President: Bradley Regehr
Brad Regehr was the CBA’s first Indigenous President in 2020-21. In this 9-part podcast series, he highlights many of the 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, particularly those related to the legal profession.

Conversations with the President: Stephen Rotstein
Economic Reconciliation with Geordie Hungerford
CBA President Stephen Rotstein and First Nations Financial Management Board CEO Geordie Hungerford discuss Economic Reconciliation. An inspiring conversation about turning things around and growing together.  Published on Jun 23, 2022.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation ↩

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its Executive Summary Report on June 2, 2015, along with 94 Calls to Action. The Calls to Action are aimed at redressing the legacy of residential schools and advancing the process of reconciliation. On December 15, 2015, it released its Final Report. As of December 18, 2015, the work of the TRC was transferred to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports
These reports here issued or created by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). These digital copies can be accessed or duplicated at no charge.

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future
An audio version of the summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

NCTR Archives
View an Interactive Map of residential schools and TRC Events. The archives host over five million archive records, including listings of residential schools, descriptions and recordings of TRC events, and records such as maps and letters.

Educational Programs ↩

Indigenous Relations Academy

Powered by Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., self-guided training with videos and additional resources to help individuals succeed in Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®.

Indigenous Canada from the University of Alberta
The Faculty of Native Studies offers this 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) at no cost, exploring the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada.

Guides and Reports ↩

Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples
A joint project of The Advocates’ Society, The Indigenous Bar Association and The Law Society of Ontario, published Sep 29, 2022.

Kitchen Table Guide for Reconciliation Dialogue
A Kitchen Table Dialogue creates space for constructive conversations on reconciliation. This do-it-yourself framework allows Indigenous peoples and all Canadians the opportunity to gather their friends, family, neighbours and/or colleagues to join the dialogue on reconciliation and contribute to the movement, helping us to create a new way forward for all people in Canada.

Expanding our Vision: Cultural Equality & Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights
by Ardith Walkem, QC, BC Human Rights Tribunal (January 2020).

Addressing Discriminatory Barriers Facing Aboriginal Law Students and Lawyers 
Law Society of BC (April 2000) 

Cutural Understanding ↩

Witness Blanket
A visual online storyboard meant to illustrate the experience of Indigenous peoples in residential schools.

Territory Acknowledgement by Native-Land
Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. This site is great in advising you which territories to acknowledge when you are speaking/presenting at an event/meeting.

Videos ↩

But I was wearing a suit Part 1 | Part 2 

Stolen Children | Residential School survivors speak out

Canada's Dark Secret | Featured Documentaries

Uncovered: Truths About Residential Schools | Episode 1

Kuper Island | Residential School Survivors Documentary

Support Services ↩

Indian Residential School Survivors Society has a 24/7 crisis line available for all residential school survivors, family members and descendants, and traditional counsellors are available upon request. Please call 1-800-721-0066 or 1-866-925-4419.

Lawyers Assistance Program of BC offers a 24/7 support line. Please call 1-888-685-2171.

CBABC Aboriginal Lawyers Forum supports Aboriginal law students, law graduates and lawyers and the issues they face as Aboriginal people in the legal profession.