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CPSBC’s truth and reconciliation journey is one that spans the past, present and future. As we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in the present, we are also reflecting on the TRC’s report, a significant milestone from the past, and looking ahead to our continued work towards the report’s recommendations.  

Truth and Reconciliation Commission anniversary

December 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report being accepted by the Government of Canada. This anniversary is significant as the report documented the enduring harms caused by residential schools. 

The (TRC) was established in 2007 to create a complete record of the residential school system, acknowledge and document its harms, and provide safe spaces for Survivors and their families to share their experiences. The TRC’s work and report were led by Chief Commissioner Murray Sinclair, who guided the TRC’s work with an emphasis on the voices of Survivors and “opening the eyes of the Canadian public to the truth of the residential school experience.”

The TRC’s documents the history of residential schools, the Inuit and Métis experiences, missing children and unmarked burials, the experiences of Survivors, and reconciliation and its principles. 

Commitment to meet TRC recommendations

The report includes 94 to address the legacy of residential schools and promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. There are seven calls to action focused on health, including a recommendation to “provide cultural competency training for all health-care professionals.” Much of CPSBC’s cultural safety and humility work over the last several years intersects with these seven recommendations. To mark the report’s anniversary, we will re-evaluate our progress so far to address the relevant recommendations and build on this work. 

Historical research is also currently taking place to uncover how CPSBC may have contributed to the harm Indigenous people experienced in the health-care system. The results of this research will be publicly shared once it is complete. 

CPSBC has a long-term commitment to truth and reconciliation and acknowledges it is a generational effort to undo the harms of colonization. We will continue to confront and address past harms to Indigenous people and build for the future with our current truth and reconciliation work.