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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
The TRC was established in June 2008 as one of the mandated aspects of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), the largest class action settlement to date in Canadian history. As part of the IRSSA, a budget of $60 million over five years was established for the TRC to take place.

The commission was founded by the Government of Canada as an arms-length organization and independent body with a purpose of documenting the history and impacts of the residential school system.

The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was named in relation to similar commissions in Chile in 1990 and South Africa in 1996.

As of September 2019, the following ten proposals are marked as "complete":


 * Language and Culture (#13)- Acknowledge that Aboriginal rights include Aboriginal language rights: In 2017, the Minister for Heritage Mélanie Joly announced, in collaboration with the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Métis National Council, that they would be co-developing an Indigenous Languages Act for the protection and promotion of Indigenous languages across Indigenous, Metis, and Inuit cultures.
 * Justice (#39)- Collect and publish data on the criminal victimization of Aboriginal people: Statistics Canada published a report in 2016 entitled Victimization of Aboriginal people in Canada, 2014 utilizing data from the 2014 General Social Survey. The report found that higher levels of Indigenous Canadians were found to have been victims of crime in 2014 than non-Indigenous Canadians.
 * Justice (#41)- Appoint a public inquiry into the causes of, and remedies for, the disproportionate victimization of Aboriginal women and girls: In the immediate aftermath of the 2015 federal election, the new Trudeau government announced a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. The inquiry commenced in 2016, and concluded on June 30, 2019, and included numerous recommendations for addressing the "endemic violence" faced by Indigenous women in Canada.
 * Reconciliation (#84)- Restore and increase funding to the CBC/Radio-Canada to enable it to support reconciliation: The federal government allotted an additional 75 million dollars towards the CBC in its 2016 budget. The CBC presented an "Accountability Plan" to make public how those funds were being invested. Though the Commission called specifically for increased Indigenous programming, under the Broadcasting Act it is impossible for public funds to be put towards specific programming. However, the amount of programming by and for Indigenous peoples has increased on the CBC since 2016.
 * Reconciliation (#85)- Aboriginal Peoples Television Network to support reconciliation: The commission called on the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN) to produce and broadcast content by and for Indigenous peoples supporting reconciliation. This initiative was upheld by APTN, with the launch of their series TAKEN in 2016 centring on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
 * Reconciliation (#87)- Tell the stories of Aboriginal athletes in history: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame included a segment about Indigenous athletes throughout Canadian history in an online exhibit launched in 2017. This was followed by the inclusion of various Indigenous athletes into the British Columbia Hall of Fame, the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, and the Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame.
 * Reconciliation (#88)- Continued support for the North American Indigenous Games: the Canadian government promised in 2017 to contribute $18.9 million to funding "culturally relevant" sports programs in Indigenous communities over 5 years, with 5.5 million promised every 4 years after 2022, as a collaboration between the Ministry of Sport and Persons with Disabilities and the Ministry of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
 * Reconciliation (#59)- Church parties to residential school settlement to educate congregations on why apologies necessary: The Commission called on all churches involved in the facilitation of the Indian Residential Schools to educate their congregations about the church's involvement in the schools and the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous peoples. This is done primarily through KAIROS Canada, a faith-based advocacy group.
 * Reconciliation (#83)- Canada Council for the Arts to establish a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to undertake collaborative projects: the Canadian Council for the Arts gave $17.8 million in funds to Indigenous artists in 2017-18, and is on track to triple its 2015-16 investment of $6.3 million to $18.9 million in 2020-21, as detailed in their 2016-2021 Strategic Plan.
 * Reconciliation (#90)- Ensure that national sports policies, programs and initiatives are inclusive of Aboriginal Peoples: After the release of the Commission's report in 2015,Sport Canada announced that it would be reinstating funding to the Aboriginal Sport Circle, which is a national organization advocating for resources for Indigenous, Metis, and Inuit athletic programs. The federal government also allocated 47.5 million dollars to sport development in over 300 communities nationwide.