Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor
for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools
Engaging and supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors, Elders, families, and communities as they search for the missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with former Indian Residential Schools.
The Independent Special Interlocutor has the crucial responsibility of making recommendations to improve Canada’s legal processes to help identify and protect the unmarked graves and burial sites associated with former Indian Residential Schools across the country.
The Office of the Special Interlocutor (OSI) is working with Indigenous Peoples, organizations and communities, as well as representatives of the Government of Canada, to identify the gaps in the current legal framework. Recommendations for a new federal framework will be made to ensure that the bodies and Spirits of the children are treated with honour, respect and dignity.
Meet the Independent Special Interlocutor
“I am honoured to have been entrusted with this important responsibility of being the Special Interlocutor. I am committed to supporting the work of Survivors and Indigenous communities to protect, locate, identify, repatriate, and commemorate the children who died while being forced to attend Indian Residential Schools. I pledge to do this work using my heart and my mind in a way that honours the memories of the children who never made it home.”
Kimberly Murray, BA, LLB, LLM, IPC, LLD (h.c.)
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