Canada initiated a truth and reconciliation process to address the legacy of the church- and state-sponsored residential school system for aboriginal children that operated for more than 100 years, from 1870 until the mid-1990s. In 2008, Canada’s prime minister issued an apology to First Nation peoples for the state’s involvement in the Indian Residential School (IRS) system. The apology followed the settlement of a law suit filed by former residential-school students that resulted in a government-funded $1.9-billion compensation fund for survivors. In addition, the settlement agreement contained provisions for the state to create a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The Commission’s mandate was to generate a comprehensive public record of the residential school system and experience. Over the course of three semesters, clinic students provided legal research and analyses to the TRC to promote a human rights-based perspective in the commission’s work. Clinic students presented their work at several TRC-sponsored workshops and conferences at the University of British Columbia in 2011 and 2012, as well as at the TRC regional conference in Victoria, British Columbia in April 2012. The Commission’s final report, Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future, was released in 2015.