The Canadian government has been striving to reconcile with the country’s Indigenous communities. The journey began nearly two decades ago, progress has been made and now this is accelerating.-By Dave DeSouza

The Government of Canada has been working towards improving the relationship with Indigenous communities on a nation-to-nation basis. One of the early initiatives was the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 2008 to address the sad legacy of many injustices that have had generational impacts, including the Indian Residential School system, which forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families. Since then, a variety of prog....