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Issues around access and preservation of residential school records and former sites, Indigenous data sovereignty and denialism are among 48 findings detailed in a new report from Canada’s independent special interlocutor about the search for unmarked graves over the past year.
The report also makes recommendations for a new federal legal framework to protect unmarked burial sites.
“We must protect the truth,” said Kimberly Murray, the independent special interlocutor.
Murray was appointed to the role last year. Part of her two-year mandate includes speaking with survivors, families, Indigenous governments, organizations and communities to identify barriers and concerns about
