Walk for Reconciliation
Event Ended- Where
- Meet at Harry Hays Building event at Fort Calgary to follow - 750 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB View Map
- When
- Price
- Free Buy Tickets
- Ages
- All ages
- Website
- https://www.fortcalgary.com/events/wfr-2023
- Contact
- marketing@fortcalgary.com 4034087781 (Fort Calgary)
Join this year’s Walk for Reconciliation for an opportunity to reflect on the difficult history and atrocities of residential schools in Canada, the legacies of survivors, and steps we can take in the healing process as we move towards a stronger future together.
Participants are encouraged to bring any banners, signs, or flags you would like to display during the walk.
Event details:
8:00am: start walk at Harry Hays Building | 220 4 Ave SE
9:15am: walk ends at Fort Calgary | 950 9th Ave SE
9:30am: outdoor gathering with performances by drummers and dancers, and speeches.
10:30am: community meal catered by Spolumbo’s. Free lunch for first 200 participants.
ABOUT THE WALK
This annual Walk began in 2009, as a partnership between Trellis Society and the Aboriginal Friendship Center of Calgary, to commemorate Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s formal apology to the survivors of Indian Residential Schools. The Walk, originally held on June 11, was later moved to June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, to acknowledge the larger conversation and active movement towards Reconciliation.