{"id":958739,"date":"2022-09-28T15:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsb-staging2.ca-avance.ca\/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:37:19","slug":"national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsb-staging2.ca-avance.ca\/en\/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a1\">Wear orange<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/content\/dam\/pch\/images\/campaigns\/national-day-truth-reconciliation\/ndtr-web-orange-shirt-992x661.jpg\" alt=\"Beaded orange shirt necklace\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangeshirtday.org\/\">Orange Shirt Day<\/a>&nbsp;take place on September 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended&nbsp;to raise&nbsp;awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of \u201cEvery Child Matters\u201d. &nbsp;The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/campaigns\/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html\">More info<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 30, we encourage our community  to wear orange to honour the thousands of Survivors of residential schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 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