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In Recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Kimberly Murray, Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites

CPD for Lawyers: 1.25 EDI Professionalism Hours

Alexandria J. Winterburn

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Kimberly Murray (she/her), BA, LLB, LLM, IPC, LLD (h.c.) - Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools

Aird & Berlis and Aird & McBurney are grateful to have the esteemed Kimberly Murray, Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor (OSI) for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, present during this special webinar in recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Program Overview:

Ms. Murray will present on the OSI’s mandate, which was formed in 2022 with close collaboration between First Nations, Inuit and Métis governments, and which will result in recommendations to the federal government for establishing a legal framework addressing the respectful and culturally appropriate treatment of unmarked graves and burial sites of children at former Indian Residential Schools and associated institutions.

Our program will also include details of the OSI’s Sites of Truth, Sites of Conscience report—a 256-page document published in 2024 which builds on the findings of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The OSI report has numerous functions, including making public historical material that illustrates the ways State officials anticipated and planned for deaths at Indian Residential Schools. In addition, the report presents extensive research findings regarding the experiences of a number of child victims as a means to archive truth and reframe this history through an anti-colonial lens.

Join us in support of bringing truth to future generations by learning more about the ongoing work being done by the OSI in reconciling the history and destructive legacy of Residential Schools on Indigenous families, cultures, communities, and languages.

Topics Include:
The information in this webinar and related material may be upsetting for some because it contains content, including images, relating to the deaths and forced disappearances of children at former Indian Residential Schools and other institutions. If you require immediate support, please contact the following: The Indian Residential School Survivors Society’s 24/7 Crisis Support Line: 1-800-721-0066 The 24-hour National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419

If you are unable to attend the live webinar, but are interested in accessing the archive for on-demand viewing, please click on the registration button to be added to the archive mailing list.

For information regarding our webinars and communications, please contact:
Adrian Babrikels Munoz | rsvp@airdberlis.com | 416.863.1500 x2541

Aird & Berlis and Aird & McBurney are located in the City of Toronto and within the area covered by Treaty #13 signed between the Crown and the Mississaugas. We are grateful to reside and work on lands that have been the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. We further recognize that Toronto today is home to many diverse individuals, including First Nations, Métis, Inuit and non-Indigenous people.

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