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On September 30th, the second National Day of Truth and Reconciliation mobilized thousands of people dressed in orange in the streets of Tio’tià:ke/Mooniyang (Montreal) in honour of the victims of residential schools. Leading figures from different Indigenous communities, including Nakuset, Maggie Chittspattio, Ellen Gabriel, Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and Chief Jessica Lazare, Steve McComber, Elisapie Isaac and Maya Cousineau Mollen, spoke up against past and ongoing colonial violence against Indigenous peoples. In addition to the recognition of a remarkable historical resilience, a strong message emerged from this day: much more change and work is needed to achieve the goals of truth and reconciliation. |
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The establishment of a national Truth and Reconciliation Day was called for in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action 80. It was important for Dionne Schulze’s team to participate in this event that put forward values that are fundamental to our practice with Indigenous peoples.
We encourage you to take part in this day and to take note of the many resources that speak to the challenges that must be overcome and the means to overcome them, including: |
- The Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (October 1996);
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (September 2005)
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports (December 2015);
- The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (June 2019);
- Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress (Commission Viens) (November 2019);
- Coroner Gehane Kamel’s inquest report regarding the death of Joyce Echaquan (October 2021).
