Reconciliation is not only in the future a yr. That’s the message Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) is attempting to advertise.
The Canadian authorities handed laws in June to make a federal statutory vacation referred to as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which passed off for the primary time on Sept. 30.
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On Wednesday, the consultant physique for seven First Nations in Saskatchewan introduced its social media marketing campaign asking individuals to proceed creating consciousness and motion by utilizing the hashtag #ActOnReconciliation.
“#ActOnReconciliation – is a chance for deeper discussions and training to help the brand new Nationwide Day for Fact and Reconciliation and residential faculty survivors,” learn a STC assertion.
“With the invention of 1000’s of unmarked graves on the websites of residential faculties, Canadians have needed to face the darkish fact of our shared colonial previous and the devastating legacy of residential faculties.
“A vital side of therapeutic our communities implies that Canadians acknowledge the reality of what passed off and acknowledge that #EveryChildMatters.”
The marketing campaign invitations individuals to take motion on reconciliation by doing the next:
- Put on orange on the final Friday of each month.
- Take footage or create movies.
- Share how they’ll take motion on reconciliation.
- Put up their content material on social media utilizing #ActOnReconciliation.
- Invite others to do the identical. Assist create a #ActOnReconciliation motion.
- Repeat month-to-month till Sept. 30, 2022.
“Sharing how we’re going to take motion going ahead to make reconciliation occur is the way in which by means of the darkish historical past of residential faculties to heal our intergenerational trauma and enhance the standard of life for our individuals,” STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand mentioned in a press launch.
“It’s by coming collectively united in a standard trigger, such because the motion #ActOnReconciliation, that we construct neighborhood and strengthen relationships to maneuver ahead in a great way.”
This previous Sept. 30 marked the primary Day for Fact and Reconciliation in Saskatchewan. The provincial authorities proclaimed the day as one to honour the misplaced youngsters, survivors and people affected by Canada’s residential school system.
The Indian Residential Colleges Disaster Line (1-866-925-4419) is accessible 24 hours a day for anybody experiencing ache or misery on account of their residential faculty expertise.
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