Coming Soon! Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 – UM News

August 30, 2023

NCTR has a slate of programming planned to honour survivors and the day.

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is proud to be hosting Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 from September 25-30. This week-long educational program, Honouring Survivors, is open to all schools across Canada for all students from grades one to 12.

Topics will include the gifts Indigenous Peoples bring to the world, the history of residential schools and its impacts, and taking action toward reconciliation. Each day, there will be pre-recorded educational videos available, and students will hear directly from Survivors, artists, athletes and other subject matter experts.

“I am happy to be a part of Truth and Reconciliation Week and share my story with young people,” said Eugene Arcand, Cree Survivor. “Only through the teachings and lessons from Survivors will students really be able to understand what we went through at those institutions and the effect they had on us, our families and our communities. Those effects are still felt today, so it’s important to continue to tell our truths so they are never forgotten.”

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