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Kimberly Murray

Kimberly Murray is Queen’s University’s National Scholar in Indigenous Legal Studies in the Faculty of Law. She is the former Executive Director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and was the federally appointed Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools. Kimberly is a member of Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Nation, holds an LLM and LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School, and has been bestowed several Honorary LL.Ds.
  • Policy Brief | Social Policy

Protecting the Record: Indian Residential School Litigation and the Right to Truth

by Kimberly Murray
  • September 17, 2026

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