September 28th is Truth and Reconciliation Day here in Canada.
Like most Canadians, I wear orange shirts (or an orange heart) to honor the lost children and the survivors of residential schools.
I created and share out this page to raise awareness on the injustices faced by Indigenous people, because I agree with George Santayana who said…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
~George Santayana
so even though my heart aches, I continue to take action. So far I’ve:
- I’ve spent time researching the dark history about residential schools that they left out of my school books
- Read the Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
- Created a land acknowledgement
- Learned how to pronounce the words properly
- Updated this post to make copy/pasting land acknowledgements into chats easier – when appropriate.
Sue Sutcliffe logging in from the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabewaki, the Haudenosaunee and the Mississauga peoples that are governed by the Williams Treaty of 1923 AKA Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
- Reviewed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
- Missing children and burial information — as at April 2024