Includes bibliographical references and index.

The sense of injustice -- The unfolding -- The process -- Templates and exclusions -- Testimony -- Traumatic memory -- Witnessing history -- Solitudes.

Assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it is unfolding. Uses interviews with survivors and oblate priests and nuns, as well as testimonies, texts, and visual materials produced by the Commission to raise important questions: What makes Canada's TRC different from others around the world? What kinds of narratives are emerging and what does that mean for reconciliation, transitional justice, and conceptions of traumatic memory? What happens to the ultimate goal of reconciliation when a large part of the testimon - that of nuns, priests, and government officials - is scarcely evident in the Commission's proceedings? --Provided by publisher.