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Events Around Ottawa on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Community events include healing walks, cultural performances and free public programming honoring residential school survivors and the children who never returned home.
- Communities across Canada will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday, September 30, honouring residential school survivors and children who never returned home.
- Orange Shirt Day began after Phyllis Jack Webstad shared her experience of having her new shirt taken away on her first day at a residential school, symbolizing forced assimilation.
- More than 12,000 students and staff within the Red Deer Public Schools Division will participate in commemorative activities on Tuesday, September 29, engaging in classroom lessons and art projects.
- In Penticton, the Okanagan Nation Alliance and Penticton Indian Band invite the public to join the Walk for the Children on Wednesday, ending at the Syilx Indian Residential School monument.
- Wanuskewin Heritage Park extends the dialogue through exhibitions and artistic programming, with curator Marcel Robitaille noting these initiatives serve as 'living history' for the next hundred years.
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Battlefords NOWWanuskewin hosting major commemoration for National Truth and Reconciliation Day
Wanuskewin Heritage Park are commemorating National Truth and Reconciliation Day, also known as Orange Shirt Day, on September 30 with a full day of programming. (Image Credit: Alex Brown/Wanuskewin)
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