The Committee on Indigenous Matters exists to and work with Indigenous (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) people in address issues related to libraries, archives and cultural memory institutions; to promote initiatives in all types of libraries by advancing and implementing meaningful reconciliation as addressed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and in the Calls to Action (English) (French) to implement the recommendations of the CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee report; to monitor ongoing progress in those areas; and to promote collaboration in these issues across Canadian libraries, archives, and cultural memory institutions.
Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee
The CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee was formed following the official release of the report “Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action” to assess how Canada’s library community can support the calls to action. View Report
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