The TRC is authorized and required to inform all Canadians about the history and ongoing legacy of residential schools; to give an opportunity to all former students, staff and all those affected by the schools to participate in the telling of the history through national and community events and statement-gathering; to hold seven national public education and commemorative events as well as regional and community
events; to collect every record that is relevant to the history and impact of the schools; to conduct original research that builds upon previous research and to prepare reports based on this work; to establish a national
...[+++]research centre that would make accessible to all Canadians all of the statements, research and other materials that have been collected by the commission; and last, but most important, to guide and inspire a process of healing and reconciliation within Aboriginal families and communities and between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in this country.