MQUP to Publish the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP) has undertaken to publish its own edition of the six volumes of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in English and French, after the TRC officially releases the report in mid-December. The final report is expected to be over 2 million words with contributions from over 6,750 survivor and witness statements from across the country, after a century of abuse at Indian Residential Schools.

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Commented Philip Cercone, Executive Director of McGill-Queen’s University Press: “This is one of the most important documents to emerge in the history of Canada. These ground-breaking volumes are destined to work towards healing the breach of silence and ignorance that has surrounded these issues for more than a century.”

The report will consist of the following volumes:

  • Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 1, Origins to 1939. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume I.
  • Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2, 1939 to 2000. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume I.
  • Canada’s Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern Experience. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 2.
  • Canada’s Residential Schools: The Métis Experience. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 3.
  • Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 4.
  • Canada’s Residential Schools: The Legacy. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 5.
  • Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation. The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 6.

MQUP expects to release its editions in early 2016 in print and eBook versions. The volumes will be published in MQUP’s prestigious Native and Northern Series, founded by the late Bruce Trigger and currently edited by Arthur J. Ray and Sarah Carter.  MQUP will also publish the Executive Summary in French which is to be released in September 2015.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established as a result of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Its mandate is to tell Canadians about the 150 year history of the schools, in part through the statements of those whose lives were affected by them. The TRC seeks to guide and inspire a process of reconciliation and renewed relationships based on mutual understanding and respect.

Established in 1960, MQUP is a joint venture of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. MQUP is both a specialist in the Canadian perspective and a publisher of international themes, attracting attention from the New York Times to the Globe & Mail.  A Canadian university press with a global reach which aims to advance scholarship, promote public debate, and contribute to Canadian culture.