Truth and Reconciliation Day events scheduled for Winnipeg

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WINNIPEG

Fri., Sept. 30 marks the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Across Winnipeg, local activities are scheduled to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools:

• In partnership with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, First Nations Family Advocate Office and Wa-Say Healing Centre Inc., there will be a pipe ceremony and morning feast at The Forks’ Oodena Circle beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 30. Survivors are encouraged to bring their pipes, rattles and drums;

  

• The Manitoba Museum (190 Rupert Ave.) will host Orange Shirt Days with all-day programming and free admission from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests are invited to wear orange. Programming will focus on the history of residential schools and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action. For more information, visit www.manitobamuseum.ca;
• Cinematheque (304-100 Arthur St.) is hosting a free program of new short works created by members of the Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective. The event is on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m., and will be followed by a Q&A session with director Amanda Kindzierski;
• WAG-Qaumajuq (300 Memorial Blvd.), in partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, will host a day of special programming. The event begins at 11 a.m. on Sept. 30 and will feature a National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation one-hour national broadcast, the launch of Lessons in Legitimacy: Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia, with Dr. Sean Carleton, and a public discussion on what you need to know about the history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools. General admission fees will be donated to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and self-identifying Indigenous peoples can attend for free;
• The Children’s Museum (45 Forks Market Rd.) and Louis Riel Institute will host a free Métis moccasin workshop and Métis paper vest workshop on Sept. 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests of all ages are encouraged to wear an orange shirt;
• The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association, along with the Canadian Federation of Students – Manitoba, will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day with an opening ceremony and smudging station on Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University of Winnipeg Quad. From 6 to 9 p.m. on the same day, residential school survivor Geraldine Shingoose will highlight the importance of Elders passing knowledge onto the new generation at Riddell Hall;
• The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s Truth and Reconciliation Week, which began on Sept. 26 will continue through Sept. 30. The online event includes a program of age-appropriate material for Grades 1 through 12 centered around the theme Remembering the Children. Over four days, Truth and Reconciliation Week will bring Indigenous knowledge-keeper voices to students across the country. To register, visit www.events.hubilo.com/trw2022/register;
• The Cornish Library (20 West Gate) is hosting an exhibit on the Assiniboia Indian Residential School, which was in operation from 1958 to 1973 at 615 Academy Rd. in River Heights. Developed in partnership with the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Relations Division and Planning and Property Development, the nine-panel exhibit explores the hidden history and stories of some of the school’s graduates and survivors;
• From September 23 to October 3, Vincent Design (765 Main St.) is hosting Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience, a Legacy of Hope travelling exhibit. Available to view in the third floor boardroom of the Social Enterprise Centre, the event is part of Culture Days and is a way to recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. Everyone is welcome. There is no fee to attend.

— Staff