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384 • Truth & Reconciliation Commission159. de Greiff, “Report of the Special Rapporteur,” 2013, 22, http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/165/05/PDF/G1316505.pdf?OpenElement (accessed 28 April 2015).160. de Greiff, “Report of the Special Rapporteur,” 2013, 23, http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/165/05/PDF/G1316505.pdf?OpenElement (accessed 28 April 2015).161. de Greiff, “Report of the Special Rapporteur,” 2013, 29, http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/165/05/PDF/G1316505.pdf?OpenElement (accessed 28 April 2015).162. Several prominent archivists have noted this trend. See, for example: Cook, “Evidence,Memory, Identity”; Wilson, “Peace, Order and Good Government”; Harris, “Archival Sliver”;Jimerson, “Archives for All.”163. TRC, AVS, Peter Cunningham, Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ofCanada, Edmonton, Alberta, 28 March 2014, Statement Number: ABNE201.164. Rev. Fausak is also General Council Liaison Minister, Indigenous Justice and ResidentialSchools, United Church of Canada.165. TRC, AVS, Remembering the Children Society, Statement to the Truth and ReconciliationCommission of Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, 29 March 2014, Statement Number: ABNE302.Based on their experience, United Church of Canada staff, in collaboration with the Rememberingthe Children Society, developed an educational resource with guidelines forother communities wishing to develop their own commemoration projects for residentialschool cemeteries and unmarked burials. See: United Church of Canada, Residential SchoolsUpdate, January 2012, http://develop.united-church.ca/files/communications/newsletters/residential-schools-update_120101.pdf (accessed 16 April 2015).166. The United Church of Canada’s online resources are available at: http://thechildrenremembered.ca/.Anglican Church online resources and school histories are available at: http://www.anglican.ca/relationships/trc. Presbyterian Church of Canada’s online resources areavailable at: http://www.presbyterianarchives.ca/RS%20-%20Home%20Page.html (accessed15 April 2015).167. United Church of Canada, Residential School Archive Project, “The Children Remembered,”http://thechildrenremembered.ca/about/ (accessed 15 April 2015).168. Ian Wilson makes this point. See: Wilson, “Peace, Order and Good Government,” 238.169. This is based on the concept and philosophy of “sites of conscience,” as described by theInternational Coalition of Sites of Conscience, which is “a global network of historic sites,museums and memory initiatives connecting past struggles to today’s movements for humanrights and social justice,” See: International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, http://www.sitesofconscience.org/ (accessed 15 April 2015).170. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, “Sharing Truth: Creating a NationalResearch Centre on Residential Schools,” Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1–4,2011. Videos of the forum can be viewed at: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=513.171. Georges Erasmus, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, “Sharing Truth: Creatinga National Research Centre on Residential Schools,” Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2March 2011, https://vimeo.com/207788339.172. Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Administrative Agreement, clauses 9 (c), (d), 11 (a), (e),http://chrr.info/images/stories/Centre_For_Truth_and_Reconciliation_Administrative_Agreement.pdf.173. As of April 2015, existing partners included: The National Association of Friendship Centres,Legacy of Hope Foundation, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, University of British