Press Releases
Discussion paper looks at the legal and human rights framework for mass graves
The Centre’s latest discussion paper explores mass graves connected to Indian Residential Schools.
Statement on the Sisters of St. Ann and Royal BC Museum and Archives Agreement
The Centre welcomes the agreement which will provide enhanced access to the records of the Sisters of St. Ann Archives.
UBCIC and Heiltsuk Nation announce Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to intervene in BC Human Rights case against Vancouver Police Department over racial profiling and wrongful detainment
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, will be applying to intervene on behalf of UBCIC in an ongoing BC human rights case against the VPD for the wrongful detainment of Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter, outside a bank in Vancouver in December of 2019.
Concerted national action overdue for all the children who never came home from residential schools
Joint news release from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC.
The discovery of a mass grave at a former residential school is just the tip of the iceberg
The Centre’s Academic Director, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, authored an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail.
To end racism against Indigenous peoples, we have to name it and speak up
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, authored an op-ed in the Globe and Mail about racism in Canada.
National partnership benefits residential school Survivors
The Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in Ontario.
Centre awarded funding for multi-year exhibition documenting Indian hospitals in BC and Alberta
Collaborative exhibit sheds light on the forgotten history of “Indian” and tuberculosis hospitals from the 1940s to the early 1970s.
New discussion paper series highlights UNDRIP implementation in BC
The Centre’s new discussion paper series aims to create dialogue about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre congratulates BC on implementing a key Call to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The summary report highlights some of the issues raised at the November dialogue, including a technical review of the bill, a primer with more detailed explanation of DRIPA, and a summary of some of the key discussion at the session.