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Welland looking for Indigenous artists to paint memorial block at Truth and Reconciliation crosswalk – PelhamToday.ca
Project aims to honour Indigenous culture while embracing the principles of Truth and Reconciliation The City of Welland’s Community Services department has a unique opportunity for Indigenous artists and artist collectives to transform a prominent space at Market Square by submitting design proposals for an artistic painting on the memorial block next to the Truth […]
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Read MoreSCO Launches Annual Every Child Matters Campaign
September 5, 2024 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — Today, the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is launching a month of reflection and commemoration through our fourth annual “Every Child Matters” Truth and Reconciliation campaign. The campaign honours all Survivors and the children who died at the residential schools. “As our youth celebrate heading back to […]
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Read MoreIndigenous mothers fight to search CIA experiment site in Montreal – Canadian Affairs
September 2, 2024 Group has spent last two years trying to delay construction projects by McGill and the Quebec government A group of Indigenous women are hoping to stop the bulldozers at a former Montreal hospital which they believe could hold the truth about children still missing from a grisly half-century-old CIA experiment. They have […]
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Read MoreArchie Chantyman walking to site of St. Joseph’s Mission once again – Quesnel Observer
August 28, 2024 The Lhoosk’uz Dene Nation Elder will be walking from Kluskus to the site of St. Joseph’s Mission once again Archie Chantyman is taking another walk from Kluskus to the site of the former St. Joseph’s Mission Indian Residential School where he was interned in his youth. Last year’s walk took 29 days […]
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Read MoreResidential School Intergenerational Survivors Gathering
August 23, 2024 September 9th to 12th, 2024 Moose Factory Come, listen, and participate to support your healing. Bring a small rock for the group rock painting activity. And as always, support helpers will be on-site throughout the conference. TO REGISTER: Complete the registration form and staff will contact you regarding your travel plans. Travel […]
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Read MoreMark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with one of these public powwows around BC – The Georgia Straight
August 21, 2024 As the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30) approaches in Canada, several powwows are taking place across British Columbia, offering a unique opportunity for everyone—both those who are Indigenous and those who aren’t—to come together in the spirit of learning, respect, resilience, and celebration. Powwows are vibrant Indigenous community celebrations […]
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Read MoreHonouring our Children Run September 30, 2024
Join us on September 30, 2024 in Thunder Bay, Ontario at Boulevard Lake for a special community run in honour of the Indigenous children who were lost and the ongoing healing journey of residential school survivors and their families. This event will take place on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and we invite […]
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Read MoreSurvivors need help accessing residential school records: Senate – APTN News
Jul 26, 2024 A new Senate report calls on Catholic entities to release records related to Canada’s former residential school system. The report entitled Missing Records, Missing Children was released Thursday by the Senate standing committee on Indigenous Peoples. It makes 11 recommendations. Chief among the recommendations is asking Canada to compel the Catholic entities […]
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Read MoreIndian Residential School records still scarce: Senate report
July 25, 2024 Ottawa – Indigenous peoples continue to lack complete and timely access to historical records about Indian Residential Schools, despite legal obligations for those documents to be turned over, the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples has found. The committee’s report, Missing Records, Missing Children, highlights the barriers to locating, accessing and reviewing records […]
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Read MoreGovernment House Presents Additions to the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial
Released on July 22, 2024 Today, Government House unveiled the addition of interpretive panels to the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial. The new interpretive panels add context to existing elements of the memorial and help to tell the history of residential schools in Saskatchewan. These panels were created in collaboration between the Office of the Lieutenant […]
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