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About 300 Indigenous children, youth and community members from Nunavut and the Ottawa area attended the Ottawa Redblacks' Truth and Reconciliation game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The event included a full football experience, cultural education and opportunities for participants to learn about the sport, with Canadian North Airlines transporting approximately 150 people from Nunavut.
Around 300 Indigenous children and community members from both Nunavut and the Ottawa area were invited to TD Place Friday for the Ottawa Redblacks’ Truth and Reconciliation game.
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Nicole Camphaug and her daughter Katia flew into Ottawa from Nunavut to join hundreds of other Indigenous youth and adults attending the Ottawa Redblacks' Truth and Reconciliation game on Friday.
Hundreds of Indigenous youth and community members from Nunavut and the Ottawa area were invited to TD Place Friday for the Ottawa Redblacks’ Truth and Reconciliation game. About 150 children and chaperones travelled from Nunavut to Ottawa, while another 150 people from local Indigenous communities joined them for the game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
“It’s so exciting to be here,” said Nicole Camphaug, who travelled from Nunavut with her daughter. “I’ve never been to a sports game before,” said her daughter Katia. Janice Barresi, a vice-president with the Redblacks' parent company Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group , said the group was given the full game-day experience, including food, photos with the Grey Cup and an opportunity to learn about football.
“To come to Ottawa and have a professional football experience, they were just thrilled,” Barresi said. “We're getting way more out of it than we're giving and we're really proud to be a part of it,” she added. Shelly De Caria, Canadian North’s first Inuk president and CEO, said the event was intended to be about more than wearing orange shirts. Shelly De Caria is Canadian North Airlines' first Inuk CEO and president.
Her company flew around 150 Indigenous youth to Ottawa from Nunavut. “Reconciliation is a two way street. It's about us showcasing who we are, as well as for southern Canada to know who we are,” she said. Ottawa is an important hub for Canadian North’s flights to Nunavut, making it a natural place to bring Inuit youth together, De Caria said.
“They were very proud to be wearing their orange shirts and very proud to showcase who they are, where they come from,” De Caria said. “I don’t think it’s just one day,” she said. “Having the Truth and Reconciliation Day is a beginning for people to learn, educate themselves and get a better knowledge of what this day truly means for everybody. “People are going to see this.
It's a national game,” she said.
“If it's one person learning or one survivor feeling seen, I think that's really important. ” Despite the Indigenous youth cheering on the Redblacks, the team faced their 21st loss in a row, with the Tiger-Cats winning 34-16. Cameron is a journalist with CBC Ottawa who reports for digital, radio and television. He's reported for CBC Kitchener-Waterloo and interned with CBC Toronto’s enterprise unit.
You can send Cameron story ideas at cameron.mahler@cbc.ca. Windsor-Essex marks Truth and Reconciliation Day with walks, ceremonies and gatherings
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