‘Ongoing care’: How to mark 2nd official Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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“We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process,” the TRC report stated.
“We must not limit our acknowledgement to the legacy of residential schools to just one day,” Adrienne South, spokesperson for Alberta’s ministry of Indigenous Relations, said in August 2021. “Alberta’s government will work with First Nations and Métis communities in establishing afor the victims of the residential school system.”
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