Catholic religious order that operated some residential schools in Canada says it will open its archives in Rome to researchers.
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has agreed to grant the Winnipeg-based National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation full access to records in the Italian city.
The centre's head archivist, Raymond Frogner, is expected to make an initial visit to the archives this spring. The vast majority of information regarding residential schools is in Canada, Thorson said. The Oblates have already provided the national centre with more than 40,000 records from four archives in Canada."We made a commitment to supply all files that might contain parts of the history of residential schools that might be in our possession at the Oblates."
Organizations representing the Indigenous groups have said they will be calling for the release of documents and for an apology from the Pope for the church's role in residential schools.
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