Editing Library and Archives Canada (section)

==== Truth and Reconciliation Commission ====
During the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada|Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission]], Library and Archives Canada initially failed to produce records requested by the commission in a timely and comprehensive manner and was ordered by an [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|Ontario Superior Court]] judge to do so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationnews.ca/federal-budget-cuts-to-the-library-archives-of-canada-stall-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/|title=Federal budget cuts to the Library & Archives of Canada stall Truth and Reconciliation Commission {{!}} The Nation: Cree News|date=2013-09-23|work=The Nation: Cree News|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US|archive-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301220334/http://www.nationnews.ca/federal-budget-cuts-to-the-library-archives-of-canada-stall-truth-and-reconciliation-commission/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ultimately, LAC did provide the records, but many were not in digitized and searchable formats as required by the commission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/22/60000_boxes_of_new_documents_land_at_truth_and_reconciliation_commission.html|title=Truth and Reconciliation Commission gets access to thousands more documents|last=Rennie|first=Steve|date=2014-04-22|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>

The [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada)#Calls to action|Calls to Action]] of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission explicitly referenced Library and Archives Canada as follows:<blockquote>We call upon Library and Archives Canada to: fully adopt and implement the [[United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]] and the United Nations Joinet-Orentlicher principles, as related to [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Aboriginal peoples]]' inalienable right to know the truth about what happened and why, with regard to [[human rights]] violations committed against them in the [[Canadian Indian residential school system|residential schools]]; ensure that its record holding related to residential schools are accessible to the public; [and] commit more resources to its public education materials and programming on residential schools.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truth-and-reconciliation-94-calls-to-action-1.3362258|title=94 ways to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance reconciliation|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf|title=Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action|date=2015|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615202024/http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf|archive-date=June 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref></blockquote>Library and Archives Canada has begun to address these concerns by dedicating funding to hire Indigenous archivists, build relationships with Indigenous communities, and support [[digitization]] efforts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/archivists-look-to-decolonize-canada-s-memory-banks-1.3809132|title=Archivists look to 'decolonize' Canada's memory banks|date=2018-02-19|work=CTVNews|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-CA}}</ref> However, Indigenous-led organizations have drawn attention to the fact that Indigenous communities have been conducting this type of work for decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Indigitization/status/968656923238125568|title=Indigitization Commentary on LAC Initiatives [Thread]|date=February 27, 2018|website=Twitter|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref>

LAC also holds and provides access to archival copies of the websites of organizations related to the TRC, in collaboration with the [[National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/nctr/ |title=University of Manitoba - National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation |website=umanitoba.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003005115/http://umanitoba.ca/nctr |archive-date=2015-10-03}}</ref> the [[University of Winnipeg]] Library, and [[University of Manitoba]] Libraries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/Pages/truth-reconciliation-commission-web-archive.aspx|title=Library and Archives Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Web Archive - Library and Archives Canada|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en}}</ref>