Canada is marking its third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Saturday, with a number of events taking place in the nation’s capital ...
File photo: The Survivors' Flag, which honours residential school survivors and all the lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.Canada is marking its third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Saturday, with a number of events taking place in the nation’s capital this week to provide residents with the opportunity to gather and reflect.
On Thursday, Sept. 28, a youth-focused event, Gidinawendimin — We Are All Related, will take place at the TD Place Arena at 1015 Bank St. Hosted by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, the event will begin at 10:30 a.m and will feature residential school survivors, Knowledge Keepers and Indigenous music and culture. It will also include a speech by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, the country’s first Indigenous Governor General.
Buildings across Canada, including the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, will be illuminated in orange from Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. to sunrise on Oct. 1. The Beechwood Cemetery Foundation, alongside the Assembly of Seven Generations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, is hosting a short film screening of Spirit Bear: Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams!at the Beechwood National Memorial Centre’s Sacred Space. The screening will be followed by 45-minute reconciliation tour of the grounds.
All other OC Transpo customer service centres will be closed, with the lost and found at Heartwood House closed Monday.
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