Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Rt. Hon Brian Dickson
Database ID | 28815 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 1 (Box 1) | |
Date of creation | 21 April 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 25 pages | |
Number of images | 25 | |
Scope and content | File contains opening remarks on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Rt. Hon Brian Dickson. Dickson speaks on the creation of the Commission, his appointment by Prime Minister Mulroney, the mandate, and composition of the Commission, which Dickson was largely entrusted with enacting. Dickson lists the seven Commission members and provides some biographical background data on them, as well as the importance of dialogue in establishing a new shared future for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The seven commissioners included three Non-Aboriginal and four Aboriginal representatives with sessions to be held across Canada. | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions, 1992-1993. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Courtesy of the Privy Council Office, 2008. | |
Type | Published | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Specific document types | Reports | |
Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre | |
Other notes | Part of Volume 1, Fort Garry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba. pages 6-30. | |
Place | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Canada -- National | |
Names | Blakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier) Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Clark, Charles Joseph 'Joe' (Prime Minister), 1939- Dickson, Brian (Chief Justice), 1916-1998 Dussault, Rene, 1939- Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Mulroney, Martin Brian (Prime Minister), 1939- Riel, Louis, 1844-1885 Robinson, Viola Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Sillett, Mary Sinclair, Murray (Justice) Wilson, Bertha, Justice, 1923-2007 | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28815 |