Truth and Reconciliation
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Events in Ottawa and across Canada to mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Remembering the Children
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Voices to be heard - Truth and Reconciliation with Bevann Fox
All are invited to join Bevann Fox, a residential school survivor and author, as she talks about the impact of residential schools and introduces her book, Genocidal Love.
She will address the healing process as it continues today; along with her insights on Truth and Reconciliation. Classrooms, groups, and anyone 13+ will learn the Truth and grow through Reconciliation.
To watch live from Youtube, please click this link: https://youtu.be/bR9esLxC8GA
For more information on National Truth and Reconciliation Day, please visit the Ottawa Public Library's blog: https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/blogs/teaching-toolkit-orange-shirt-da...
U of T's Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Commemoration
The University of Toronto will commemorate this day of recognition with remarks from Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture, and Alexandra Gillespie, Vice-President & Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga, in The Great Hall at Hart House. Brenda Wastasecoot, Assistant Professor, Centre for Indigenous Studies, will provide the keynote address: “The Nikis Story is the Story of Canada: Reflecting on the Impacts of the Indian Residential Schools".
Indigenous Legacy Gathering
TORONTO COUNCIL FIRE
SPIRIT GARDEN 3D Fly Through: Daily 10:00 - 11:00 am
Opening in Nathan Phillips Square in 2024, the Spirit Garden will be a place for Teaching, Learning, Sharing and Healing
The Spirit Garden will be a dynamic and accessible Indigenous cultural space representative of Tkaronto and its history. The site will be open to the multi-cultural communities of the City, along with its diverse national and international visitors and newcomers. Programming at the Spirit Garden will celebrate our unique identities while promoting an understanding between all.
The new version of the Fly Through, being presented here at the Indigenous Legacy Gathering, was funded in part by the Canada Council for the Arts.
ANGUT TIMA and JOHN KEESHIG: Thursday 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Angut Tima Residential School Survivor born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Coral Harbour, Nunavut. John Keeshig Anishnaabe of Neyaashiinigmiing. Angut and John are two of the artists/knowledge keepers participating in the Spirit Garden. Respectively, they are working on the Inukshuk and the Teaching Lodge.
RED BEAR SINGERS: Daily 2:30 - 3:00 pm
The Red Bear Singers started singing together in circle at Toronto Council Fire in 2018. This was done as a way to continue the personal healing journeys of each individual member in a group setting. The group wrote their first song in 2018, titled, “Away Back”. This song honours the children taken from their families and placed into foster care, orphanages, day schools, and Residential Schools. Since then, the group has worked on learning several community songs including the three songs which can be heard on the Soundways App. The App is a part of the Toronto Transit Commission and the City of Toronto’s Year of Public Art, A More Beautiful Journey landmark XR (extended reality) audio installation. (amorebeatifuljourney.ca)
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