School records submitted to TRC [Truth and Reconciliation Commission]
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article39474
- Author
- Forget, André
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 March
- Author
- Forget, André
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 March
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 1, 15
- Notes
- "It has been a long process, but on Jan. 16 [2015] the Anglican Church of Canada submitted its digital records relating to Indian Residential Schools -- over 300,000 pages of documents -- to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). For General Synod archivist Nancy Hurn, who do-ordinated the seven-year digitization process, it has been a journey filled with hard work. It has, however, been a rewarding one" (p. 1). "Approximately half of the digitized records came from the General Synod archives in Toronto, which also holds records from the Arctic and Keewatin dioceses. The rest of the records came from the archives of 30 dioceses across Canada, including those that did not have residential schools within their boundaries. The documents Hurn and the other archivists compiled will be held at the National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NRCTC) at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg" (p. 1, 15). "Aside from the digital documents, the church has also submitted almost 12,000 'electronically-created documents' and over 6,000 photographs relating to residential schools" (p. 15). The director of the NRCTR is Ry Moran. "The NRCTR plan on making the records available electronically available online in ways that will allow survivors to access them remotely. It has also promised to 'provide personal assistance with navigating, using, and understanding the records' for those who don't have familiarity with computers" (p. 15).
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools
- Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools - Archives
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Archives
- Anglican Church of Canada - Archives
- Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Winnipeg, Man.)
- Hurn, Nancy
- Moran, Ry, 1978-