Friday, September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and also Orange Shirt Day. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. We recommend taking the day to learn, reflect and connect with community to collectively work towards reconciliation. Wear orange to honour the children who survived the Residential Schools and remember those that didn’t.
Events to Commemorate the Day:
- Every Child Matters Walk with Healing of the Seven Generations
- Cambridge Orange Shirt Day
- Volunteer Gardening Party with Anishnabeg Outreach
- Sacred Fire Ceremony at the Conestoga College Doon Campus
- Sacred Fire Ceremony in New Hamburg
- Film Screenings and Moderated Discussions
- We Were Children Film Screening
- Indian Horse Film Screening
- Sunrise Ceremony, Walk, Feast & Learning Circle, University of Waterloo
- Live Broadcast from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- Virtual Tour of the former Mohawk Institute Residential