Acting Chief Commissioner David Langtry to be inducted as a Truth and Reconciliation Commission Honorary Witness

EDMONTON March 27 - 30, 2014 On Thursday, March 27, 2014, Acting Chief Commissioner David Langtry will be inducted as a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Honorary Witness at the Alberta National Event in Edmonton. This will be the seventh and final event marking the painful legacy of the Indian Residential Schools.

Acting Chief Commissioner David Langtry will be called upon to bear witness on March 30, 2014.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has a mandate to learn the truth about what happened in the residential schools and to inform all Canadians about it. The Honorary Witness Circle is comprised of high profile individuals willing to serve as ambassadors for the TRC in their own circles of influence. It includes the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, among many others.

For more information:

David Gollob
Director of Communications
Canadian Human Rights Commission
(613) 899-8305
david.gollob@chrc-ccdp.gc.ca 

 

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