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NAN Commemorates Orange Shirt Day, Honours Survivors on National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
THUNDER BAY, ON: Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Executive Council will honour Indian Residential School Survivors, their families, and all the children who didn’t return home during Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in Thunder Bay and Ottawa today. “Many people will come together today to acknowledge the […]
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Residential institution survivor Elder Theresa Hall speaks to the NWMO in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
This Sept. 30, 2021, is the first official legislated National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) joins Indigenous peoples and Canadians across the country to reflect on the ongoing impacts of residential institutions and their legacy. The NWMO commemorated the occasion by listening to and honouring a survivor […]
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WAHA: A Message from Our CEO on The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Today we recognize and honour our family members, friends, and neighbours who are survivors, children of survivors, and fellow members of our communities where children were forced from their homes and made to attend these institutions by standing in solidarity and wearing our orange. On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are observing […]
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Truth is the bedrock of Reconciliation
The Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society is available for survivors and those affected at 1-800-721-0066 or on the 24 hour crisis line at 1-866-925-4419. British Columbia has a First Nations and Indigenous Crisis Line offered through the KUU-US Crisis Line Society at 1-800-588-9717. Today, September 30, marks the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation […]
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: A message from our President – Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
September 30, 2021 “Today is an important day, a day where we remember those whom we’ve lost. It is a day to honour the residential school survivors, their families, and our communities, and a day where we’re reminded that we need to continue to advocate for justice and for the rights of Inuit. We as […]
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ONWA Honours September 30th Orange Shirt Day
ONWA Honours September 30th Orange Shirt Day Thunder Bay, ON – Today, the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) honours survivors of residential schools and their families. We come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come. We commemorate the residential school experience by witnessing and holding space for the […]
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Joint statement by Ministers Bennett, Wilkinson, Lametti, Guilbeault, Miller and Vandal on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Statement Taking care: We recognize that this statement comes at a time that is difficult for many and that our efforts to honour Survivors and families may act as an unwelcome reminder to those who have suffered hardships through generations of government policies that were harmful to Indigenous Peoples. […]
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AFN National Chief Roseanne Archibald Acknowledges National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2021 AFN NATIONAL CHIEF ROSEANNE ARCHIBALD ACKNOWLEDGES NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION (Ottawa, ON) – Today, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief RoseAnne Archibald acknowledges the importance of Orange Shirt Day, urging all Canadians to spend September 30 reflecting on how to contribute to the healing path forward from the harms […]
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Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada • Pass The Feather – September 30 National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Ottawa
All are welcome. We will unite on Parliament Hill and Confederation Park for a quiet day to remember the children that never made it home, the survivors and all affected by Indian residential schools and all Indigenous child apprehension programs. Click for YouTube Live Stream at 10am Live Streaming Opening Ceremony on YouTube at 10am-12pm And […]
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Actions must speak louder than words on this first federal National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 29 2021 OTTAWA – On September 30, the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC), along with Friendship Centres from coast to coast to coast, will commemorate the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. First and foremost, our thoughts are with the survivors and the families of those people who died as […]
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