At a variety of events, thousands of people gathered in Saskatoon as part of 2023\u0027s Truth and Reconciliation Day.
Jennifer Altenberg, who works as a coordinator at Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, was heartened to see so many children in the crowd, watching the dancers with wide eyes and hanging on to every word.that is going to ensure that the truths continue to be told,” she said.
Three-year-old Pippin Neufeld works on an orange shirt craft after the Rock Your Roots Walk for Reconciliation.To Altenberg, one of the most special parts of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Saskatoon — one that connects youth with Elders in a moment of love, education and healing — is the annual tradition of birthday cards.
When students in the city learn that many residential schools survivors didn’t get to celebrate their birthdays — and some didn’t even know when their birthdays were — “it impacts them greatly,” Altenberg said. “As one of the activities they can do to help make right those wrongs, they make birthday cards with their classrooms,” said Altenberg. “Those birthday cards then get brought here, so we can gift and honour our survivors that didn’t get to celebrate their birthdays with their families.”Article content“It touched me,” said Dorah Montgrande, thumbing through the pile of birthday cards on her lap to hold up one pencil-drawn card with a heartfelt letter from a young student inside.
Dorah Montgrande holds one of the birthday cards given to her after the Rock Your Roots Walk for Reconciliation on Saturday.
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