Hundreds of people from across Canada wearing orange shirts and ribbon skirts made their way to Parliament Hill on Saturday in recognition of the third ...
Parliament Hill was a sea of orange on Saturday for the event held to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
They gathered for “Remembering the Children,” a broadcast event co-hosted by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network honouring residential school survivors, their families, communities and the children who never made it home. The grandson and son of residential school survivors and a day school survivor, Gerrard said it was an “honour and a privilege” to represent his family, community and loved ones.
Moving towards reconciliation, Gerrard said it was crucial that there be more awareness of the culture and spirituality of Indigenous peoples within institutions. He added that more needed to be done to support the country’s homeless population, which includes many Indigenous people, and there was a particular need for non-Indigenous non-profit organizations to help Indigenous people.
Guest speakers included the University of Ottawa’s first Indigenous chancellor, Claudette Commanda, former commissioner to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Dr. Wilton Littlechild and Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General, Mary Simon.
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