b'LRSD has a long history of equity-focused work in thefamilies, and their communities as they worked to process this community. In 2021, the Board of Trustees and Senior Leadershiptragic loss. Following this discovery, Indigenous communities Team took the bold step to revise the organizational culture ofacross the country worked to bring home the many lost souls of the division to acknowledge and deepen their commitment toresidential schools: children they had long spoken about, grieved this work. LRSD put the staff and resources in place to addressover and sought recognition for. As former Senator Murray inequities across the system with intentional focus and work. Sinclair has said, without truth there can be no reconciliation.Listening to the voices of our community in an equity-informedThe discovery of so many children across this land was manner compelled us to act with urgency on our Multi-Yearpreceded by Canadas Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Strategic Plan priorities that address issues of systemic racismexecutive summary report in June of 2015, including 94 calls in a proactive, capacity-building, systematic, and systemic way.to action to nurture reconciliation between Canadians and Based on dialogue with equity-seeking groups and the broaderIndigenous peoples. The key principle of the TRCs work was community LRSD serves, the division officially launched itsthat reconciliation is an ongoing individual and collective process Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Anti-Racism Initiative inrequiring a deep and sustained commitment from all peoples October 2021.across Canada. On May 27, 2021, the remains of 215 Indigenous children wereLRSD is committed to truth and reconciliation, to seeking to discovered on the grounds of the Kamloops (Tkemlups)understand the lived experiences of students, staff and families Residential School, reinforcing the need for intentional work toand to amplify equity to improve outcomes for our community.address systemic inequities. This devastating discovery resulted in a wave of grief and trauma across Canada and reignited an important conversation about truth and reconciliation. Canadians and communities around the world shared in the grief alongside the Secwpemc people, Indian Residential School Survivors, their 8'