National Day For Truth And Reconciliation

• Residential school survivors urge Ottawa to step up funding for searches

  Survivors accused the federal government of cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2024
  
• New Brunswick election: Relations between province, Indigenous Peoples in spotlight

  The October election loomed over events marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a public commemoration of the painful legacy of the residential school system.

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2024
  
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• British Columbians mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation across the province

  The federal government created residential schools to strip Indigenous children of their culture and assimilate them into Canadian society.

  Perspectives

  Sep 30, 2024
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• Albertans mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  Marked on Sept. 30 each year, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2024
• Most Canadians say governments must do more on residential school legacy

  Three-quarters of Canadians say governments need to take more action to recognize the legacy of residential schools, a new poll says.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2024
• First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation

  The leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations they look ahead to the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2024
• How to commemorate Orange Shirt Day in Calgary and Southern Alberta

  Calgary, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Banff and other southern Alberta communities will mark Orange Shirt Day on Monday. Here's how to take part.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2024
• Manitoba to make National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday

  The Manitoba government has introduced a bill in the legislature to make Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a statutory holiday.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2023
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• Royal Saskatchewan Museum hosts conversation about legacy of residential schools

  A residential school survivor and a local hip-hop artist shared the stage at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to talk about the legacy of residential schools.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023
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• ‘Reconciliation economy’: Why Indigenous founders need more access to capital

  Indigenous entrepreneurs have faced many historical barriers to accessing capital, which business leaders and founders say is critical to economic independence and reconciliation.

  Economy

  Oct 2, 2023