Remembering the Children

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30

APTN News

“We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component.”

For 160 years, First Nation, Inuit and Métis children were taken from their homes and placed in institutions located across the country under the guise of education. What the federal government was doing, in fact, was attempting to assimilate Indigenous children into southern society.


This day is to remember the children who went to these schools, their families and communities.

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Federal government needs to counter rise in residential school denialism says Kimberly Murray

Emelia Fournier | Sep 28, 2023

The rise in residential school denialism is directly related to how the federal and provincial governments have been handling reconciliation in Canada, according to the special interlocutor on missing children and unmarked burials. Kimberly Murray, speaking to APTN News ahead of the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, said the federal and provincial governments needs to be more involved in recognizing Canada’s history.

Watch

In honour of the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, APTN, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation will join forces to produce a 90-minute multilingual commemoration. The gathering will be broadcast live across the country from Parliament Hill, on the unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.  


APTN News will be live with hosts Dennis Ward and Darrell Stranger before and after the gathering to share more about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Watch live below at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Schedule

12:30 p.m. ET — Pre-show | APTN National News 

1:00 p.m. ET —  Remembering the Children

2:30 p.m. ET — Post-show | APTN National News 

*Pre and post show will only be available in English