TRC Calls to Action: #86

Reconciliation
Media & Reconciliation

86. We call upon Canadian journalism programs and media schools to require education for all students on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations.

While some Canadian journalism schools require that students take a course on Indigenous history, not all are mandatory, and not all necessarily include all criteria cited in this Call. Here's a breakdown of where various schools are at with this.