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The Right to Truth: Protecting Indian Residential School Records

Date
September 30, 2026
Time
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
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Location
Hybrid: Youtube Livestream or Evergreen Brick Works
Open To
Everyone
Cost
Free

On this National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, Yellowhead Institute is reclaiming the right to truth. After more than a decade of Truth and Reconciliation, Survivors, communities and advocates face new threats to justice for Survivors. In less than one year, the largest archive of Survivor testimony on residential schools is set to be destroyed by order of the Supreme Court of Canada.  In the context of rising residential school denialism, this Yellowhead Fire, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Records Project, is an important conversation at a critical juncture. 

Featuring Connie Walker, Kimberly Murray, Marie Wilson, Stephen Kakfwi and Hayden King, this discussion will discuss: what is at stake if we lose Survivor records? Join us online (YouTube livestream) or in person at Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. Register using the link.