Mary Simon said Saturday that Canada’s education system should place greater emphasis on Indigenous history and languages, as she spoke at a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday, recognizes the legacy of Canada’s residential school system and its harms to Indigenous Peoples.
Closing the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in terms of infrastructure, health care and education would require hard work, she added.
“There are many who would like us to simply brush over the past and pretend it didn’t happen because they feel that talking about truth and reconciliation, marking this day, somehow diminishes us as a country,” he said during a speech.
Speakers at the Parliament Hill event highlighted residential school survivors and Indigenous elders, who discussed their experiences as well as their hopes for the future.
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, told CBC News he had been struck by the ceremony and the experiences of residential school survivors.
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Mary Simon said Saturday that Canada’s education system should place greater emphasis on Indigenous history and languages, as she spoke at a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday, recognizes the legacy of Canada’s residential school system and its harms to Indigenous Peoples.
Closing the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in terms of infrastructure, health care and education would require hard work, she added.
“There are many who would like us to simply brush over the past and pretend it didn’t happen because they feel that talking about truth and reconciliation, marking this day, somehow diminishes us as a country,” he said during a speech.
Speakers at the Parliament Hill event highlighted residential school survivors and Indigenous elders, who discussed their experiences as well as their hopes for the future.
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, told CBC News he had been struck by the ceremony and the experiences of residential school survivors.
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