Truth and Reconciliation Week 2021 News Archive
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation unveils Survivors’ Flag for Sept. 30
September 28, 2021 —
Commemorative flag was created by Survivors to share their expression of remembrance with the broader public and to honour all residential school Survivors, families, and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada
Asper School of Business
Op-ed: Finding the Truth in Reconciliation
September 28, 2021 —
Op-ed written by Mary Jane Maillet Brownscombe, [BComm(Hons)/88, MA/11], Indigenous Business Relations Executive-in-Residence at the Asper School of Business
Indigenous
Exploring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events
September 22, 2021 —
UM community encouraged to listen, learn and reflect
Prime-time broadcast for the National Day For Truth and Reconciliation
September 15, 2021 —
Will broadcast and stream live Thursday, Sept. 30 in French, English and multiple Indigenous languages
Indigenous
Mohawk scholar believes experiential learning provides a deeper appreciation for the land
September 7, 2021 —
Dr. Brian Rice's relationship to learning was transformed while completing his dissertation on the land
UM will recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 1, 2021 —
A message from President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Michael Benarroch; Vice-President (Indigenous) Dr. Catherine Cook; and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Executive Director Stephanie Scott
Land Blessing Ceremony held for the future home of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
August 16, 2021 —
The first step in envisioning the new permanent home for the NCTR
Faculty of Arts
People who feel more connected to the natural world are more likely to support reconciliation
August 10, 2021 —
Both traditional Indigenous knowledge keepers and social psychological researchers have made strikingly similar conclusions about the connection between how people relate to each other and how they relate to the earth and other living beings
Meet Janesca Kydd, UM’s new top lawyer, dedicated to advancing Reconciliation
July 22, 2021 —
Her father immigrated from Scotland in the 1950s and met her mother, a residential school Survivor. And after Kydd was born the family moved north to run a general store on an island near Misko-ziibiing (Bloodvein First Nation).