With Sept. 30 behind us, process toward healing needs to 'keep going,' says Six Nations elected chief
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The healing process has not ended now that Canada has marked its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and the dialogue needs to continue, elected chief of Six Nations of the Grand River, Mark Hill, says.
Thursday, communities across the country honoured Indigenous survivors and children who were victims of the residential school system.
Hill said the focus should now turn to the implementation of more of the calls to action laid out in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s report into the history and legacy of Canada's residential school system.
Creating a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was one of the 94 calls to action by the TRC back in 2015.
"This conversation, this discussion, they still need to keep going, and I think that's where the education and the awareness of the issue in its entirety [will occur]," Hill told CBC Hamilton.
"You know, it's far more important to continue the conversation as we continue to go on this healing path together."
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