Murray Sinclair
Murray Sinclair is a prominent Canadian lawyer, senator, and former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, recognized for his advocacy for Indigenous rights and his role in addressing the legacy of residential schools in Canada.
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Murray Sinclair was a late senator and chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission who documented systemic racism within Thunder Bay's police service.
Thunder Bay ends landfill search for Deborah Anishinabie after finding no new evidence
Canada· 2026-01-12
The calls, first released in July, 2015, along with the six-volume final report published six months later by former senator and judge Murray Sinclair, non-Indigenous former CBC journalist Marie Wilson, and former Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and member of Parliament Wilton Littlechild, were a gift from the 7,000 survivors and witnesses of Canada’s residential-school program who offered their testimonies.
Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out?Canada· 2025-12-06
Justice Murray Sinclair chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which highlighted the tragedies of residential schools.
‘Not a simple journey’: a rare Inuvialuit kayak is coming home from the Vatican MuseumsCanada· 2025-12-06
Murray Sinclair is mentioned alongside Thomas King and Lee Maracle as a revered author.
Thomas King’s storytelling now feels like a betrayalCanada· 2025-11-26
Murray Sinclair was the late senator and chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission who documented systemic racism in Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay police begin first-ever landfill search for remains of First Nations womanCanada· 2025-10-03
The late Murray Sinclair was the former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
To those who deny the reality of residential schools: History isn’t yours to rewriteCanada· 2025-09-30
Murray Sinclair stated that the apology failed to acknowledge the full role of the church in the residential school system.
Indigenous leaders in Canada react to the Pope’s death with a mix of gratitude and unresolved painCanada· 2025-04-22
Murray Sinclair, the TRC chairman, noted about 6,000 children possibly went missing from residential schools.
Pope Francis: A lifetime serving the poor and challenging Catholic Church orthodoxyCanada· 2025-04-21
Justice Murray Sinclair led a Truth and Reconciliation Commission addressing Indigenous issues.
Opinion: Donald Trump is making America colonize againCanada· 2025-02-12
Murray Sinclair, former Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, has stated that universities need to develop more robust processes for validating claims to Indigeneity.
Indigeneity continues to get increasingly more bureaucratic. But we don’t mind doing the paperworkCanada· 2025-02-12
