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    Royal Commissions

    Royal commissions, once described by a member of Parliament as costly travelling minstrel shows, are a form of official inquiry into matters of public concern.

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  • Editorial

    André Laurendeau and the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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  • Article

    Truth and Reconciliation Commission

    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was officially launched in 2008 as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA). Intended to be a process that would guide Canadians through the difficult discovery of the facts behind the residential school system, the TRC was also meant to lay the foundation for lasting reconciliation across Canada.This is the full-length entry about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. For a plain language summary, please see Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Plain Language Summary).

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  • Macleans

    UN Conference on Women

    No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 18, 1995

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  • Macleans

    Vancouver Health Survey

    Admittedly, 57-year-old Duff Waddell is a man who embraces excess. Practically every morning he is up at 5:30, pulling on his jogging shorts and gulping a glass of orange juice before heading off for a one-hour run. By 8:15, he is in the small office where he practises real estate law.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 25, 1999

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  • Macleans

    Women's Prison Riot Report

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 15, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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