Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it's incorrect to suggest that Pope Francis is refusing to apologize to survivors of Canada's notoriously abusive residential schools.

The head of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls says that without an extension, it will feel as though work remains undone.

Pope Francis will not apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in operating the schools or the abuses suffered by their students.

The federal government is embarking on a coast-to-coast-to-coast consultation process before drafting its new Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework for Indigenous peoples.

A year after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would set up an interim board of directors to establish a National Council for Reconciliation, his government picked Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild to chair that board.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was forced on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, to claw back a suggestion bilingualism requirements for Supreme Court justices be waived to encourage Indigenous candidates.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aboriginal child welfare, likening the current state of affairs to Canada's residential school legacy that forcibly removed young people from their culture and families.

In the final months of his life, the Tragically Hip frontman became an outspoken advocate on Indigenous issues, notably as part of his "Secret Path" project.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has opened the organization's annual meeting with an impassioned plea to end racism.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley have welcomed B.C.'s new premier-designate John Horgan despite simmering tensions over the Trans Mountain pipeline project.

Organizers of a graduation ceremony for black students at Canada's largest university say the event is meant to acknowledge the barriers that remain for people of colour pursuing academia.

The federal government and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission both agree the survivor accounts are a critical part of Canadian history that should be preserved.

A Manitoba indigenous leader plans to walk 120 kilometres next month in a decidedly different commemoration of Canada's 150th birthday.

Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Pope Francis for a formal apology for the role of the Catholic Church in the residential school system when the two meet during a private audience later this month.

Ojibwa-Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby says coming out nearly 30 years ago was like unzipping her skin so she could reveal her true self.