{"id":10740,"date":"2022-10-01T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T11:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/?p=10740"},"modified":"2022-10-01T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T11:55:16","slug":"canadians-challenged-to-commit-to-reconciliation-year-round%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/en\/canadians-challenged-to-commit-to-reconciliation-year-round%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians challenged to commit to reconciliation year-round\ufffc\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Ceremony, Spirit Walk to mark National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">On the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Canadians are being challenged to\u00a0commit to reconciliation\u00a0year-round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Murray Sinclair, the former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said the day was initially envisioned to be a day for Canadians to reflect on the country&#8217;s history and treatment of Indigenous people\u00a0\u2014 and commit to do better for the rest of the year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>This important work of reconciliation is not a one-day affair. As we say, it will take us\u00a0several generations,<\/q>\u00a0he said at a national ceremony held in Ottawa on Friday afternoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u00a0SharePlayMute0:035:58MiniplayerToggle fullscreenMurray Sinclair, the former chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says Canada must focus on reconciliation beyond the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>On Sept. 30 and beyond, we must resolve\u00a0to stand with [survivors and their families], to have their backs\u00a0\u2014 don&#8217;t leave them to do this work alone,<\/q>\u00a0Sinclair said.\u00a0<q>We need your help, we need your understanding and we need you to ensure that this is forever made a part of Canada&#8217;s national memory<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Last year, Sept.\u00a030 was made a federal statutory holiday in order\u00a0to remember children who died while being forced to attend church-run and government-funded residential schools, those who survived the system and made it home, and the families and communities still affected by lasting trauma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Sinclair said that pausing to reflect is\u00a0<q>not a radical concept,<\/q>\u00a0noting that Canada does so every year for Remembrance Day and did so to honour the death of Queen Elizabeth earlier this month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>On Sept. 30, I am simply asking you to extend the same courtesy that you are used to doing for others,<\/q>\u00a0he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVOR SAYS RECONCILIATION CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT TRUTH TELLING<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">32 minutes agoDuration4:29Laurie McDonald, a M\u00e9tis residential school survivor, gives remarks on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Friday afternoon&#8217;s ceremony included musical performances and testimonies from residential school survivors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The crowd stood as a 50-metre-long memorial cloth bearing 4,100 names of children who did not return from residential schools was presented on the stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">M\u00e9tis survivor Laurie McDonald spoke of his experience in residential school as a two-spirited person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>The church told us to put it under the carpet, in their hypocritical mind that was a sin,<\/q>\u00a0McDonald said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>I had to go underground with that gift, but I am here,<\/q>\u00a0McDonald said.\u00a0<q>I am Indigenous, but I&#8217;m also a two-spirited person and that is a gift, and I will continue because that is part of my healing<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVOR SHARES POEM ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1 hour agoDuration6:40Dennis Saddleman reads his poem, &#8216;Monster,&#8217; about his eleven years at a residential school in Kamloops, B.C., on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Every day is Sept. 30&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In Ottawa, the day\u00a0started with an eagle feather ceremony\u00a0on Parliament Hill in front of the Peace Tower, which\u00a0included a traditional round dance that saw dozens of members from the crowd participate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Anishinaabe\u00a0(Algonquin)\u00a0Elder Claudette Commanda\u00a0spoke of how the day is a moment for Canadians to listen and reflect on their history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>It&#8217;s a day for you Canadians to listen, to learn, to understand, to have it in your heart and in your spirit to feel the beauty of Indigenous people, the strength and resilience of survivors, but to learn history,<\/q>\u00a0she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>Reflect on the truth, learn from the past, walk together in peace, understanding and healing. Walk together this journey called reconciliation,<\/q>\u00a0she said<q>Everyday is Sept. 30<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The ceremony was followed by a walk to nearby LeBreton Flats Park, where attendees will placed children&#8217;s footwear on the ground to commemorate those who died in residential schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A year after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-tofino-national-day-truth-reconciliation-1.6195591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spending the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on vacation in Tofino, B.C.\u00a0(new window)<\/a>, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a sunrise ceremony in Niagara Falls, Ont., this morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Following the ceremony, Trudeau spoke with residential school survivors and later challenged Canadians to be more accepting of the stories of survivors during an address to the crowd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>How many times do Indigenous peoples need to tell their stories of trauma, of loss, of pain, of grief, until we absorb those stories as non-Indigenous people and make them our own<\/q>\u00a0he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>They too are the story of Canada and therefore they too are the story of each of us<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INDIGENOUS EDUCATOR ON WHY THIS DAY MATTERS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">6 hours agoDuration2:27Tony Stevenson, an Indigenous educator and member of the Anishinaabe First Nation, explains why National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is important<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The ceremony was followed by a walk to nearby LeBreton Flats Park, where attendees will placed children&#8217;s footwear on the ground to commemorate those who died in residential schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.radio-canada.ca\/q_auto,w_700\/v1\/ici-info\/16x9\/jour-verite-reconciliation-ontario.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of young people, mainly from secondary school, attended the show organized by the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption>Thousands of young people, mainly from secondary school, attended the show organized by the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation.PHOTO:&nbsp;RADIO-CANADA \/ GR\u00c9GORY WILSON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Anishinaabe\u00a0(Algonquin)\u00a0Elder Claudette Commanda\u00a0spoke of how the day is a moment for Canadians to listen and reflect on their history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>It&#8217;s a day for you Canadians to listen, to learn, to understand, to have it in your heart and in your spirit to feel the beauty of Indigenous people, the strength and resilience of survivors, but to learn history,<\/q>\u00a0she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>Reflect on the truth, learn from the past, walk together in peace, understanding and healing. Walk together this journey called reconciliation,<\/q>\u00a0she said.\u00a0<q>Everyday is Sept. 30<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The ceremony will be followed by a walk to nearby LeBreton Flats Park, where attendees will lay children&#8217;s footwear on the ground to commemorate those who died in residential schools. A one-hour commemoration\u00a0ceremony will take place there in the afternoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.radio-canada.ca\/q_auto,w_700\/v1\/ici-info\/16x9\/journee-nationale-de-la-verite-et-de-la-reconciliation-2022-calgary.JPG\" alt=\"People listen to a prayer during National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremonies in Calgary, Alberta, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption>People listen to a prayer during National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremonies in Calgary, Alberta, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.PHOTO:&nbsp;LA PRESSE CANADIENNE \/ JEFF MCINTOSH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A year after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-tofino-national-day-truth-reconciliation-1.6195591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spending the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on vacation in Tofino, B.C.\u00a0(new window)<\/a>, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a sunrise ceremony in Niagara Falls, Ont., this morning. 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