Manitobans mark first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Manitobans put on their orange shirts and joined a healing walk on Thursday to honour those affected by residential schools, day schools, and the Sixties Scoop.
Manitobans put on their orange shirts and joined a healing walk on Thursday to honour those affected by residential schools, day schools, and the Sixties Scoop.
Ann Rundle was part of the pack. She told CTV News both her parents are residential school survivors.
“I’m walking for both of my parents, all of the survivors, all the children that didn’t make it home, and all the children we’re still waiting for to come home.”
September 30 was Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It was designated a federal statutory holiday in June on the heels of the discovery of 215 unmarked graves on the property of a former residential school in Kamloops B.C.
Since then, hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered on the grounds of former residential schools in Canada.
“We’re just here to support and care,” Rundle said. “Spread love, and heal, and all of that good stuff cause that’s what we really need right now.”
The group began their walk at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and walked down Main Street to St. John's Park for an all-day powwow.
