Reconciliation Curriculum Guide

"Why is it so hard for Canada to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action? While there are a lot of Calls, it has been [nine] years since they were released, and only 13 have been completed. A new body proposed by the TRC itself may soon materialize and take up the work of answering this question, among others. But will it have the tools necessary to hold the government — and Canadians — accountable?"

"Following the release of the 2015 TRC Final Report, much attention was focused on 94 Calls to Action, especially as it came on the heels of the Idle No More Movement, which had focused the country’s attention on Indigenous issues. Many were looking at challenges but also potential solutions to the problem of our poor collective relationship. Attention has turned in recent years toward understanding how to implement these recommendations across themes and jurisdictions. Tracking the Calls has been done at the Assembly of First Nations and the Federal Government, as well as media outlets CBC and APTN. But the two most rigorous and in-depth approaches to tracking have been undertaken by Yellowhead Institute (Eva Jewell and Ian Mosby) and the Indigenous Watchdog (Douglas Sinclair)."

"While provincial Métis representative organizations have leveraged Powley to great effect, bringing themselves unprecedented growth, financial benefits, and Crown recognition, the myopic, Powley-centred, and inherently colonial approach employed to achieve these ends has ensured that future generations of Métis will be burdened with the task of undoing the harm that has and will follow."

"Canada is one year away from a decade of Truth and Reconciliation, and progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action is underwhelming... This prompts a perpetual question that, nearly ten years later, still bedevils Canadians: “what can be done to advance reconciliation in Canada?” "