TRC Perspectives: Forging a new relationship, waiting for reconciliation and getting the message out

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So what comes next?

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission formally comes to an end starting Sunday.

Commissioners spent six years gathering truths …

Now what about reconciliation?

The word is defined as ‘a restoration of friendly relations’ or ‘making one view or belief compatible with another.’ In other words, mending fences.

This week, APTN National News has been running a series on residential schools.

In part three in our Perspectives series marking the end of the TRC we meet a man who believes in forging a new relationship with Canadians, a former student not yet ready for that, but is committed to her own journey towards healing and others who say they’re own truth hasn’t begun to be heard.

Here’s APTN’s Rob Smith.

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