A photo of the window of the 2 Spirited People of the First Nations on Danforth for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation #NationalDayOfTruthAndReconciliation

Gentle reminder that the last residential school in Canada closed in 1998. That's some years after I graduated high school, meaning there were children my age living through this atrocity. It wasn't history for me, it was current events but not news because noone would tell us about it, and still try to hide the truth (as our Alberta Premier says anti-vaxxers were the most discriminated group in her time).

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-residential-schools-unmarked-graves-indigenous-children-60-minutes-2022-02-06/

#abpoli #everychildmatters #NationalDayOfTruthAndReconciliation

Canada's unmarked graves: How residential schools carried out "cultural genocide" against indigenous children - 60 Minutes

Last year, archeologists detected what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at a residential school in Canada, bringing new attention to one of the country's most shameful chapters.

Honour the thousands of survivors of #ResidentialSchools by wearing orange this September 30th to recognize the #NationalDayOfTruthAndReconciliation. Read the #TruthAndReconciliation report including the 94 Calls to Action. Reflect on your place in the world and those that came before you. Let's heal together as a community.

Truth & Reconciliation Day in Canada 🇨🇦 What is it?

Making some progress...

#NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation

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Another important event that happened in #PortAlberni last week in relation to the #NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation was the raising of the Residential School survivors flag along with the raising of the Canadian flag to full mast. The Canada flag had been at half mast at all Schools in the local district since 2021 when Kamloops announced the discovery of graves. It was kept at half mast locally to respect the same search that was ongoing at the Alberni Residential School site.

"For School District 70 (SD 70), the survivors flag now has a permanent home among their schools.
“This flag will be here for eternity,” said Tim Davie, SD 70 superintendent, “recognizing the work that’s also taking place in terms of moving forward and reconciliation across the district.””

"Jeff Cook, a former student at the Alberni Indian Residential School, and his granddaughter Saryta Dick, a Grade 8 student at ADSS, were asked to raise the survivors flag.”

#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ResidentialSchools #Survivors #Healing #Reconciliation

https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2023-09-30/transfer-knowledge-survivors-flag-flies-through-school-district-70

‘The Transfer of Knowledge’: Survivors flag flies through School District 70  | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

Roughly six hundred students gathered outside ADSS on Sept. 28, where the residential school survivors' flag flew for the first time, while the Canadian flag rose from half mast to full. For School District 70 (SD 70), the survivors flag now has a permanent home among their schools. “This flag will be here for eternity,” said Tim Davie, SD 70 superintendent, “recognizing the work that’s also taking place in terms of moving forward and reconciliation across the district.”

Avoiding yardwork to visit Belfountain for the world famous 17th annual Salamander Festival. Wore my orange golf shirt in honour of #NationalDayOfTruthAndReconciliation, bought a couple of homemade wooden tops for the granddaughter and listened to my neighbour's country and western band. Better than weeding.
Fall colours are slowly comings out - we're at 30% here in #Caledon according to the Ontario Parks fall colour report. Our area should be busy next weekend.

https://www.ontarioparks.com/fallcolour

Fall Colours at Ontario Parks

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Hey, you exist here in the Fediverse! I almost never see posts from our #ESL circle any more. One thing I miss. I'm going to take a look at #SevernFallenFeathers today and I'll be sporting my orange shirt.
#OrangeShirtDay
#NationalDayOfTruthAndReconciliation
#Canada