national day for truth and reconciliation News Archive
CBC Ontario Today: A decade of Orange Shirt Day: What difference does it make?
October 3, 2023 —
A decade of Orange Shirt Day: What difference does it make?
Promoting healing, education and reflection across the country
September 27, 2023 —
A member of the Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation, and an athlete who believes in the power of movement as medicine, UM law student Tréchelle Bunn founded a healing walk in July 2021 which has since grown into the Reconciliation Run, Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Half Marathon.
Indigenous
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events and engagement opportunities
September 22, 2023 —
The third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will take place on September 30. There are many ways you can observe the day, with opportunities both on and off campus to engage in learning and reflection and to honour the healing journey of residential school Survivors.
Winnipeg Free Press: Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation woman preparing to host second Reconciliation Run half-marathon
September 12, 2023 —
Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation woman preparing to host second Reconciliation Run half-marathon
Coming Soon! Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023
August 30, 2023 —
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is proud to be hosting Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 from September 25-30.
Indigenous student-athlete shows community that movement is medicine
September 27, 2022 —
The Reconciliation Run, organized by Indigenous student-athlete Tréchelle Bunn, is scheduled to take place on September 30 in Birtle, MB. Registration is still open with an option to participate virtually for those not able to make the trip to Birtle on Friday.
Research and International
Reckoning with the history of public schooling and settler colonialism
September 26, 2022 —
Part of the “complex truth” behind reconciliation is understanding that public schooling has also played an important role in settler colonialism in Canada.
Indigenous
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events
September 23, 2022 —
There are many opportunities to engage in a day of reflection leading up to and on the day itself both at UM, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and off-campus.
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
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty dean encourages participation in National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 27, 2021 —
On Thursday, Sept. 30, the University of Manitoba will be closed in observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday.