A pair of city events held on Monday, among several others in the region, helped residents mark the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The City of Edmonton hosted a symposium Monday morning at downtown’s MacEwan University featuring Indigenous speakers. It created space to recognize experiences and for reflection on the importance of truth and reconciliation.
The symposium was followed in the afternoon by the Orange Shirt Day Run and Walk at Kinsmen Park on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River next to the Walterdale Bridge, where people gathered to honour and support Indigenous lives and communities affected by residential school experiences.
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was created in response to Call to Action No. 80 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, which called for a statutory holiday to honour survivors, …