mâmawi nîpawiwin – Standing Together Orange Shirt Day Community Walk
September 30, 2025
A community walk through McCauley to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day).
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#yeg #NDTR #orangeshirtday #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #McCauley #community #photojournalism #yegphotographer
#NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation
I screened a #documentary tonight for the #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation called #YouCanCallMeRoger.
What began as a retirement video for longtime chief #RogerAugustine became something much bigger when revelations of mass unmarked graves of #Indigenous children came to light during the production of the video.
We hear from a diverse set of voices including several chiefs, and even former prime minister of canada Paul Martin.
If you're interested in learning about the horrors of the #canadianResidentialSchoolSystem, this film has several first-hand accounts. The film is equal parts horrifying and enraging, and uplifting and inspiring.
Lovely #dailyrun along the #rideaucanal and past #parliamenthill (where there was a gathering to mark the #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation )#ottawa #ottrun #run #running
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (aka "Orange Shirt Day") #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation
"The day of memorial is marked in Canada each year on Sept. 30, where it is formally known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and is increasingly observed in communities in the United States." https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5552527/remembering-u-s-indian-boarding-schools
Eleven drummers ready to bless the tobacco that will feed the fire with prayers of gratitude to the ancestors and recognition of all the #residentialschool survivors and those who never made it home.
#NWT YellowknivesDene #FirstNation #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation
“Aboriginal peoples’ right to self-determination must be integrated into Canada’s constitutional and legal framework and civic institutions, in a manner consistent with the principles, norms, and standards of the Declaration. Aboriginal peoples in Canada have Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
They have the right to access and revitalize their own laws and governance systems within their own communities and in their dealings with governments. They have a right to protect and revitalize their cultures, languages, and ways of life. They have the right to reparations for historical harms.”
11 of the 45 Reconciliation Calls to Action have been completed
https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/subcategory/reconciliation-ctas/
#OrangeShirtDay
#EveryChildMatters
#MissingAndMurderedIndigenousWomen
#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation
Zero of the 11 Calls to Action regarding education have been completed.
“Canada is home to around 60 indigenous tongues in 12 separate and distinct language families”
2 out of the 5 Calls to Action regarding language and culture have been completed.
Zero of the 7 Calls to Action regarding Indigenous health have been completed.
“In the conclusion of his Ten Years Since Spirit Matters report, Correctional Investigator Ivan Zinger calls for the devolution of correctional power to Indigenous people to address worsening rates of over-representation.”
“The steady and unabated increase in the disproportionate representation of Indigenous peoples under federal sentence is nothing short of a national travesty and remains one of Canada’s most pressing human rights challenges”
One of the 21 Calls to Action regarding Indigenous Justice have been completed.
40% of the 94 TRC [Truth and Reconciliation Commission] Calls to Action are either stalled or not started.
https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/
According to 2021 census 53.8% of children in foster care under 14 years old are Indigenous.
“Indigenous children are 17 times more likely to be removed from their families and put in the child welfare system than non-Indigenous youth in Canada, according to a 2019 Canadian Incidence Study on Reported Child Abuse and Neglect.”
Zero of the 5 Calls to Action regarding Indigenous children have been started.
#OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters
#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation
Canadians call them “Residential Schools” but they were concentration camps for children. It was government-sanctioned genocide. And it is recent history.
I was 19 years old when the last “residential school” closed in Canada.
“The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame”
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/30/Definitive-History-Canada-Residential-School-Shame/
@cbcnews @british-columbia-cbcnews "Residential school denial is a terrible, racist sickness that is given public expression with impunity in this province and in this country." Absolutely!
@thenarwhal newsletter provides great context and stories on this #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation. https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=1690475e4c&u=d4ccbf5717196773d100e7ecd&id=74fae91ba3
You can find out who your MP is via this link and there are numerous ways in which you can communicate the need for Canada to hold true to our obligations for this historic disgrace. https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en?fbclid=IwY2xjawNI1fZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxZUpzRmhqM003ZDlpUWluAR64mlKZTlxwfyxNFoXVyveBTC95UAebO5hpba9SeGCvAz3VhdHmfh8njuzltA_aem_ywAkrAzdT_vRZsArFnuirQ
#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #TruthAndReconciliation #cdnpoli
You can find out who your MP is via this link and there are numerous ways in which you can communicate the need for Canada to hold true to our obligations for this historic disgrace. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en?f...
#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #TruthAndReconciliation #cdnpoli
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You can read a summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Final Report here: ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/u...
#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #TruthAndReconciliation #cdnpoli
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You can read a summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Final Report here: https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf
#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #TruthAndReconciliation #cdnpoli
The #CallsToAction are an eminently sensible & humane response to a dark stain on Canada's history that we must address if we are to truly believe we are a decent and upstanding People. #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #TruthAndReconciliation #cdnpoli
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I noticed this sign posted on the fence of the memorial church, which hadn't been there in the spring. Juxtaposed next to the building that was healing for some while wounding for others, I feel like it embodies the way we move towards full reconciliation: navigating the both/and of so many human experiences; doing so imperfectly; yet, with a commitment to keep showing up to the conversation.
Because it was not okay; it was never okay. 6/7
In Canada, even before #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation was established, Sept 30 was marked as #OrangeShirtDay, to acknowledge--and in the case of white people, to own up to & make amends for--the harm and trauma of #ResidentialSchools to Indigenous children and their families. It was not okay; it was never okay. 5/7
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