The Elder Walk & Talk was held Friday morning and began on the Prince George City Hall steps where about 100 people gathered to hear and offer words of healing, respect and support for residential school survivors.
The Elder Walk & Talk was held Friday morning and began on the Prince George City Hall steps where about 100 people gathered to hear and offer words of healing, respect and support for residential school survivors as they were honoured on the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.
“This is a time for residential school survivors to speak, to heal and to let go of the past and look to the future,” Ivan Paquette, elder and a founding member of the UHNBC Drummers Group, said. “This is an opportunity to hear first hand what we were never taught in school although it wasa big part of our history,” French said. “So to hear what residential schools survivors will share today just makes it more real.”