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We have a long way to go to put meaning behind the word ‘reconciliation’

Sept. 30 is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. But what does that mean? For some, it means a day off work. For others, it

Opinion | BY DAVID CHARTRAND | September 29, 2021

Officials and school children outside the Fort Providence Indian Residential School, 1920. For the last 150 or more years, there has been a concerted effort to take the Indigenous spirit out of the child, through the residential and day school system, the Sixties Scoop, and the child welfare system, writes David Chartrand. The question Canadians must ask is this: given all the effort put into taking our identity away from us, and the centuries of harm done to our people, how long should it take to put that spirit back in the child? Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

We have a long way to go to put meaning behind the word ‘reconciliation’

Opinion | BY DAVID CHARTRAND | September 29, 2021

Sept. 30 is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. But what does that mean? For some, it means a day off work. For others, it

We have a long way to go to put meaning behind the word ‘reconciliation’

Opinion | BY DAVID CHARTRAND | September 29, 2021

Sept. 30 is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. But what does that mean? For some, it means a day off work. For others, it

Officials and school children outside the Fort Providence Indian Residential School, 1920. For the last 150 or more years, there has been a concerted effort to take the Indigenous spirit out of the child, through the residential and day school system, the Sixties Scoop, and the child welfare system, writes David Chartrand. The question Canadians must ask is this: given all the effort put into taking our identity away from us, and the centuries of harm done to our people, how long should it take to put that spirit back in the child? Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada