OPA President Shares Truth and Reconciliation Day Resources

Today we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. On September 30 we honour and remember the Indigenous children who never returned home, survivors of residential schools, and their families and communities.

Watch Courtney Bean, OPA’s President, speak about this day, its history, and significance to all of us. Check out resources below mentioned in the video.

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Track progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action (CBC)

Learn about whose land you live on at Native-land.ca

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Stolen: Surviving St. Michaelʼs

Kuper Island

Telling Our Twisted Histories

Watch

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up

CBC’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Collection (movies, specials and documentaries)

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Toronto Public Library’s Reading for Reconciliation list (link includes a list of in-person events at the library including film screenings, bead pin making and more)