For the second year, the Region of Waterloo is wrapping a Grand River Transit (GRT) bus with Indigenous artwork for National Truth and Reconciliation Day.
Monday is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday. It is day of remembrance for the Indigenous children who never came home from Canadian residential schools, as the ongoing impacts for those who survived them.
“If we want to imagine a better Canada for all people, we cannot forget about the ones who have been left behind,” said Darren Thomas, associate vice president of Indigenous initiatives at Wilfrid Laurier University. “It’s not about laying blame, but it’s about understanding so that we can generate a political will and social will to do what’s right.”
The Indigenous art adoring the bus meant to generate conversations about Indigenous rights. It is also collaboration with the Healing of the Seven Generations in Kitchener.
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