A sea of orange: Sept. 30 march at UBC honours intergenerational survivors
Global News
On the third year of intergenerational marches at the University of British Columbia, hundreds participated in activities to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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A sea of orange flooded the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus as hundreds gathered for the third annual intergenerational march on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The first march took place on Sept. 30, 2021, the same year Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced the discovery of 215 potential unmarked graves at the site of a former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
“I feel a responsibility to be involved,” said Danilo Caron, a PhD candidate in civil engineering at UBC. “Over the years it’s grown and that’s largely due to a willingness of people to contribute – both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.”
The weight of Sept. 30 is heavy for Indigenous people because of the lasting impacts of colonialism and the intergenerational trauma the Indian residential school system has caused communities. Caron, a member of Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, has been involved in the march since its inception.
“My mom is a residential school survivor, and my grandmother and my aunties and uncles are day school survivors and have a half-sister who’s a 60 Scoop survivor,” he said. “So I feel that responsibility, I’m not sure where it ends and where my responsibility just kind of picks up. So I’m still navigating that.”
Dana-Lyn Mackenzie has also been involved in the march since its inception. She’s a member of Hwlitsum First Nation and senior manager of equity, diversity, inclusion and indigeneity at the university.
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