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Write An Essay On Reconciliation In Canada

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Reconciliation
As per the Oxford dictionary, “Reconciliation means reunification, or restoration of relations”. In Canada, reconciliation means to pacify relationship between Canadians immigrants and Indigenous people. It involves bringing both the communities together and developing a shared and mutual understanding. Royal Commission on Aboriginal people (RCAP) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) are responsible for studying their relationships.
However, for both the communities, different meanings for reconciliation exist, for some, "reconciliation" refers to the restoration of a healing state. For non- native people, reconciliation means learning about the history of what happened to indigenous people if they are not familiar with it and treating them with …show more content…

As per Elder Crowshoe, “reconciliation for Aboriginal people means not only reconciling with people but also with the natural world. Additionally, reconciliation remains incomplete if humans continue to destroy the natural world”.

According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, “reconciliation is about creating and upholding a respectful connection between Native Canadians and non-Native Canadians. To make that happen, it is necessary to be aware of what was done to the aboriginal community, apologize for that and alter the ways to behave with them in the present and future”.
Commission have provided Canadians with some guiding principles for Truth and Reconciliation those will assist us in reconciling in a better way:
• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a supporting structure for Canadians across all the sectors to follow for reconciliation.
• We must acknowledge and respect the constitutional and human rights set up by the first nation people.
• Reconciliation as the healing process requires trust building and acknowledging and recovering the wrong’s done in the

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