Truth and Reconciliation
Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.
Marmora and Lake stands with these Survivors, as well as their families and communities.
What can you do?
Learn more about First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada
The Government of Canada recognizes First Nations, Inuit and Métis as the Indigenous Peoples in Canada, with unique cultures, traditions, communities and histories. Based on this approach, this page organizes a variety of resources into four sections: First Nations, Inuit, Métis and additional resources, to help you explore the history, languages, cultures, and experiences of Indigenous Peoples across Canada.
Participate in Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981) Commemoration Project and Reunion events that took place in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in May 2013. This project was the vision of Esketemc (Alkali Lake) Chief Fred Robbins, who is a former student himself. It brought together former students and their families from the Secwepemc, Tsilhqot’in, Southern Dakelh and St’at’imc Nations along with the Cariboo Regional District, the Mayors and municipalities, School Districts and civic organizations in the Cariboo Region.
Guided by The Circle on Philanthropy, an Indigenous women-led organization that works to mobilize the settler philanthropic sector to move funds to Indigenous-led projects, movements, organizations and nations, Canadians responded to One Day’s Pay's invitation to meaningfully act: raising almost half a million dollars for The Orange Shirt Society and Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
Help us build our local indigenous support resources!
Do you know of an organization that should be added to this list to help people educate and contribute to the efforts supporting Truth and Reconciliation? Please add it here so that we can continue to build the information on this page.