Statements from the Canadian Library and GLAM Community Related to Missing Children and Indian Residential Schools

June 20, 2021

Updated: July 2, 2021

A listing of statements and commitments made by the Canadian library, archives, and museum community following the confirmation of the remains of children who were students of Indian Residential Schools in Kamloops and other locations in Canada, including the Marieval school near Regina and St Eugene’s Mission near Cranbrook.

To suggest additions or updates to this page, e-mail  info@librarianship.ca

(“Every Child Matters” Image by Andy Everson)

Archives Association of Ontario (AAO)

• AAO Statement on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation’s discovery of an unmarked burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (June 14, 2021)

Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)

• CFLA-FCAB Statement on Kamloops IRS (June 18, 2021)

Canadian Museums Association (CMA)

• Statement from the Canadian Museums Association Following the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children at Site of BC Residential School (May 31, 2021)

Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC)

• Open Statement – Truth and Reconciliation – Access to Data and Information (June 11, 2021)

Ontario Library Association (OLA)

• Statement on the Kamloops residential school burial site (June 3, 2021)

Ontario Museum Association (OMA)

• Listen, Learn, Act (June 3, 2021)

Toronto Public Library

• A message from the TPL Board on our commitment to Truth & Reconciliation and advancing equity and inclusion (June 23, 2021)

University of British Columbia, School of Information

• Statement on the Missing Children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School (June 1, 2021)
• Statement on the Discovery of Unmarked Graves at Marieval Residential School (June 25, 2021)

University of Toronto, Faculty of Information

• Statement from the Truth and Reconciliation Working Group of the Faculty of Information (June 9, 2021)