The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR; French: Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation, CNVR[1]) is the archival repository for all of the material collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, purposed to compile the complete history and legacy of Canada's residential school system.
[4] The holdings include millions of church and government records, hundreds of residential school photographs, and over 7,000 survivor statements collected by the TRC.
[10] The Centre is overseen by a seven-member governing circle, composed of three Survivors, two representatives from the University of Manitoba, and two members from partner organizations.
[11] In 2018, it came to light that the NCTR was still waiting on over 3,000 photographs and numerous boxes of litigation material to be submitted from the Grey Nuns of Montreal.
Ongoing programming includes: On 30 September 2019, to coincide with Orange Shirt Day, the NCTR released in ceremony a memorial register that documents the 4,037 students who died while attending residential schools across Canada.