What's happening in Quebec for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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People across Quebec are gathering Saturday to mourn the thousands of children who died in residential schools and commemorate the ongoing effects of these institutions on survivors, their families and communities.
This year, Sept. 30 marks the third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which was declared a federal statutory holiday in 2021, and the 10th Orange Shirt Day — an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day raising awareness about the effects of residential schools.
The last residential school was closed in 1996.
Here are some of the events taking place in the province today.
The Native Women's Shelter is organizing its third annual march.
The march begins at 1 p.m. at the George-Étienne Cartier Monument in Mount Royal Park. The crowd will walk south on Park Avenue until reaching Sherbrooke Street. Marchers are expected to eventually make their way to Place du Canada to gather where the John A. Macdonald statue formerly stood before it was toppled in 2020.
The march's organizers encourage participants to wear an orange shirt and bring drums, as well as food and goods to donate to homeless people they might encounter along the way.
At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Innu soprano Elisabeth St-Gelais will perform music co-created by Innu poet Maya Cousineau Mollen and Anishinaabe composer Barabara Assiginaak. Shows will be free and will happen at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Admissions to the museum will also be free Saturday.
Later in the day, the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul is holding a special service gathering Indigenous and settler worshippers as well as people with no religious faith. The event starts at 6 p.m. and everyone attending is also encouraged to wear an orange shirt.
In Kahnawake, people met this morning for a tobacco burning ceremony next to the Golden Age Club. Shortly after, a birthday party was held for survivors of the residential school system. Attendees then began travelling along a five-kilometre path starting from Orville Standup Memorial Park, with participants either walking or running depending on their preference.
Bishop's University's support centre for Indigenous students is organizing a march Saturday inviting students as well as members of the general public.
Marchers will gather at 12 p.m. in front of city hall where speeches and ceremonial chants will be delivered.
The march will begin at 1 p.m. at Carré Strathcona and will end at the Marché de la gare.
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