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Orange Shirt Day, or Truth and Reconciliation Day, is on September 30th each year to remember and reflect on the past of residential schools in Canada and all the lives lost of indigenous children throughout. Residential schools caused a huge effect on the indigenous community even years later due to generational trauma and just the fact that it happened in the first place. Truth and Reconciliation Day is extremely important to recognize and it is a day to reflect on the past. This is important because it is a dark part of Canada’s history and lives of young children were lost at schools they had no choice of going to. It was either go to the school or the parents get arrested. These schools took away their culture as they changed their indigenous names and forbid the children from speaking their own native languages, if caught doing so they would be punished. So now as a newer generation we must remember and show change in our community by celebrating Orange Shirt Day.
URL: https://orangeshirtday.org/
Date published: October 23, 2023
Date accessed: November 1, 2023
Website title: Orange Shirt Society
Canada has made a lot of progress in the 94 calls to action. There are many progressing projects underway and quite a few have even been completed. Even though more projects are underway/not started compared to the ones that have been completed, there are 32 that are nearly finished.
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Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. (March 19, 2018) https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/beyond-94?&cta=2
On March 9th, 2023 was legislated in British Columbia to make September 30 a holiday for truth and reconciliation. Truth and Reconciliation Day is a National Day to recognize and remember the legacy of the residential school system. This day was established because of the importance of all lives lost in the residential schools. We must honor and keep the stories and names of the children lost in these schools alive with us today by celebrating Truth and Reconciliation.
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Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. (2023, September 22). National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Province of British Columbia. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation#in-bc
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Open in new tab We call all Council of Ministers of Education Canada to continue to manage a yearly commitment to Aboriginal education difficulties, including Developing and activating Kindergarten to Grade Twelve education and learning about indigenous people in Canada’s history, and the history and legacy of residential schools. -call to action 64 iii
This assignment helps build our intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect by allowing us as a newer generation to learn and grow our knowledge on the past events of residential schools years ago. We’ve gained respect and now understand the pain and loss of the children in the indigenous community who’s lives were taken in residential school systems.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action – Gov https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/indigenous-people/aboriginal-peoples-documents/calls_to_action_english2.pdf
The name Kwikwetlem means “red fish up the river”. The Kwikwetlem is coast salish people’s who lived on the lower Fraser river for thousands of years. At some point the Kwikwetlem river, or as we know now the Coquitlam river was once so full of salmon that the river had virtually turned red. When the settlers first came to Kwikwetlem, they modified the name to Coquitlam due to their struggle with pronunciation. In the past they had lived in trailers and could go out on the river in a fishing boat, but now they can barely get a canoe in. In the future we hope to keep their people and land alive and appreciate their culture and learn.
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@kwikwetlemfirstnation8275 (October 4th, 2021) The Story Of Kwikwetlem on Youtube The Story of Kwikwetlem – YouTube