The White Goose Flying report was written in 2016 by the Calgary Aboriginal Urban Advisory Committee, an advisory committee to Calgary City Council. The report is named after an Indian Industrial School student who died while attending the St. Dunstan’s Indian Industrial School; his name was Jack White Goose Flying.

Jack White Goose Flying’s remains were discovered in 1956 at the St. Dunstan’s site. Calgary historian Hugh Dempsey, son-in-law to Senator James Gladstone, began the process of identifying whose remains were found. Senator James Gladstone also attended the St. Dunstan’s Indian Industrial School; Senator “Gladstone devoted most of his life to the betterment of Indigenous peoples in Canada and was appointed the country’s first senator with Indian Status” (Source). Dempsey maintained Jack White Goose Flying’s grave from 1956 until 1971. In 1971, Jack’s remains were moved to Queen’s Park Cemetery.

There are 94 calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report. The White Goose Flying report sorted those 94 Truth and Reconciliation calls to action into 43 calls to action that The City could directly implement or support implementation. The City of Calgary’s Indigenous Relations Office was created to support The City with the advancement of truth and reconciliation, as outlined in the White Goose Flying report and Indigenous Policy.