TVDSB hosts Truth and Reconciliation day of learning [Video]

Students from three elementary schools in the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) were taking part in a day of learning on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

“I feel like it’s important for people to know what happened a long time ago,” says Carson White,11, a student at Lord Elgin Public School in London, Ont.Carson White, (left) and his sister Alli White are half-Indigenous. They were taking part in the Thames Valley District School Board event on Truth and Reconciliation Day in London Ont. on Sept. 30, 2024 (Source: Brent Lale/CTV News London).

“If they don’t know, they will just assume that nothing has happened and there’s nothing to remember on Orange Shirt day.”

White’s school along with Prince Charles Public School, and June Rose Public School from St. Thomas, Ont. were at the Western Fair Agriplex Monday to take part in workshops, and programming by Chippewas …