(Ottawa) Ottawa announces that Kimberly Murray will act as an independent special point of contact on the delicate issue of unmarked graves surrounding federal residential schools for Aboriginal people.
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Former Executive Director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Ms.me Murray will work with Indigenous communities to make recommendations to strengthen laws and practices related to this issue.
Kimberly R. Murray is a member of the Kanesatake Mohawk First Nation, north of Montreal. She is the senior leader of the new Six Nations of the Grand River Survivors Secretariat, where she seeks to shed light on missing children and unmarked graves at the Mohawk Institute.
Prior to assuming this role, Mr.me In 2015, Murray became the very first Deputy Attorney General for the Aboriginal Justice Division in Ontario.
Ottawa said Wednesday that as special interlocutor, Ms.me Murray will engage with First Nations, Inuit and Métis governments, representative organizations, communities, survivors and families about the identification, preservation and protection of graves and unmarked graves, including the possible repatriation of remains.
It will submit an interim report in one year, then a final report in two years.