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Exploring Theme: "Difficulties in accessing residential school records"
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September 24, 2024
UBCIC Calls for Immediate, Concrete Action to Remove First Nations’ Barriers to Accessing Information
NationTalk: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) calls on the federal government to take immediate and definitive steps to remove barriers for First Nations needing access to government-held records for the purpose of validating historical claims. These steps must include “concrete commitments with...