National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Please join a public gathering for the 2nd year of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Friday, September 30th. 9am.
At the Hotel Pier, on Kawehnóhkwes tsi kawè:note (Wolfe Island).

WHAT DO WE DO on the Day?

• Participants are invited to join the ‘collective read aloud’ of the Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action. Out of 94 calls, we will read the first 24 (about Child Welfare, Education, Culture and Health).
• Read the “Spirit Bear’s Guide to Calls to Action” created by the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada, each speaker takes a turn to read a sentence. https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/38335_child_friendly_chrt_ctas_v7f.pdf

HOW MUCH PROGRESS have we made on the Calls to Action? 

• CBC Beyond 94: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform-single/beyond-94?&cta=

• Yellowhead Institute Report “Calls to Action Accountability – A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation” https://yellowheadinstitute.org/trc/

LEARN MORE for social justice and meaningful reconciliation! 
Watch National Film Board’s documentaries at home (FREE).

• Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education in safe and suitable schools for First Nations children. Watch a documentary: “Hi-Ho Mistahey!” (2013, by Alanis Obomsawin. 1h 39min) https://www.nfb.ca/film/hi-ho_mistahey_en/

• Jordan’s Principal, a child-first principle to ensure First Nations children get the services they need when they need them. Watch a documentary: “Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger” (2019, by Alanis Obomsawin.1h 5min) https://www.nfb.ca/film/jordan-river-anderson-the-messenger/

• The rights of First Nations children. Watch a documentary: “We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice” (2016, by Alanis Obomsawin. 2h 43min) https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_can_t_make_the_same_mistake_twice/

• Brighter future through education, culture and tradition. Watch a documentary: “Our People Will Be Healed” (2017, by Alanis Obomsawin. 1h 37min) https://www.nfb.ca/film/our-people-will-be-healed/

Please share widely, with your friends and neighbours.
Hope to see many of you then.

Organizing Committee:

trday.wolfeisland2022@gmail.com
Kayo Murakami
Theresa Broeders
Judith Kinghorn
Darlene Plumley