Trouvay

Knowing our ancestors helps us know ourselves.

The Frog Lake Library & the good people of the community came together to find ancestors (follow them :) their impactful stories are so cool)

Through this project, community members built family trees, explored DNA testing & found family.

They also learned how real action can be taken to bring home the missing, through contributing DNA to MMIP initiatives.

We CAN bring home the missing. No more stolen sisters & brothers.

What if you could find your ancestors & help bring home Missing and Murdered Relatives at the same time?

That's what's happening in Frog Lake First Nations.

Last year we partnered with the Frog Lake Library to begin the Kayas: Community DNA project.

In Phase 1 community members explored their family trees and learned the basics of DNA testing.

Next week in Phase 2, community members will interpret their results to find family & learn how they can share their DNA to help bring home The Missing.

Stay tuned for the incredible stories to come of a community centered on finding truth 🤍

Kayās: Community DNA— by Frog Lake Library & Trouvay · Luma Kayās: Community DNA Finding our ancestors. Bringing the Missing home. April 8 & 9 | 6-8:30pm Kayās: Community DNA supports participants to find their…

Listen. Learn. Love.
This is how we move forward as a people.

Last week, our founder, Bradley Pierson, met with the Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Rechie Valdez, alongside other entrepreneurs in the Edmonton area.

She listened to how Trouvay is supporting the effort to bring home Missing and Murdered Relatives across the country.

And she heard us when we asked to connect with more ministries to make this groundbreaking technology more accessible.

This is how we move forward as a people.
Listen. Learn. Love.

When we find our families, we find ourselves.

Over the past month, we've met 3 people, all searching for lost family members who disappeared.

These new friends shared that siblings, uncles, and aunties died at the Indian Hospitals, and their families were left without answers.

Unsure of what happened and where they were now.

We found 6 of these missing relatives by digging into the Alberta Death Records (1870-1976) at the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and watched as grieving hearts slowly found some peace.

Finding our families and knowing the truth changes lives.

This is one part of what truth and reconciliation looks like.

Stay tuned to hear more about these stories that are still unravelling! 🤍

Meet our Founder, Bradley Pierson.

Bradley’s life’s work has always been about finding people and their stories.

At 13, he discovered his family tree and couldn’t let it go.
At 16, he preserved Residential School records at the Archives.
At 22, he supported 100+ people in using DNA genealogy to find their birth families.
At 24, he founded Trouvay to help Canada walk a new path in forensic identification.

Today, Bradley leads a team working alongside communities and investigators to bring Missing and Murdered Relatives home, in a good way.

Learn more about our team at www.trouvay.ca/team

We bring missing people home.

That’s what we do.

Across Canada, thousands of people remain unidentified in medical examiner offices or unmarked graves, many of them Indigenous. For decades, families have lived without answers.

Here’s why: Traditional DNA identification only works when a person or close relative is already in a police database. When it isn’t, the trail ends.

Now, it doesn’t have to. New DNA methods let distant cousins volunteer their DNA, which our researchers can use to reconstruct family trees and identify the missing.

This is Kayās by Trouvay.

Kayās Community DNA workshops support families to reconnect with their ancestors, learn about DNA, and decide if they want to help. Always consent. Always reciprocal. Always community-led.

Everyone deserves to be named and brought home in a good way.

Because now, there is a way.

Learn what's possible: www.trouvay.ca

Residential school researchers change lives & communities daily.

These beautiful friends shared stories of digging through thousands of documents, reconnecting separated families, and finding the children who never came home. Together we explored how genealogy can help find truth.

Miigwech for the goodness of your hearts & the hard work you do:

Kelsey, Wasky, Suzanne & Monica | Anishinabek Nation
Nicole & Cole | Garden River First Nation
Debbie & Raquel | Munsee-Delaware Nation
Hillary, Trina & Lezah | Serpent River First Nation
Liz & Angele | Fort William First Nation
Greg | G'Chimnissing Beausoleil First Nation
Jane | Nipissing First Nation
Anna | Curve Lake First Nation
Rhea | Sagamok First Nation