![]() ![]() ![]() Orange flags and signs are put up in Victoria Park ahead of Orange Shirt Day on Wednesday, Septemin Regina. Victoria 3 flags series#Francis is also running a Reconciliation Through Language series in four languages of Treaty 4: Saulteaux, Cree, Dakota/Lakota/Nakota, and Michif. This week Reconciliation Regina is running its education campaign on residential schools by putting up flags and posters with the slogan, Every Child Matters. For me, it’s important we are educating the public.” “If we don’t learn about the history, how are we supposed to understand the present and our present conditions and situations. “To me, it’s about hearing our truth, hearing our stories, learning about our histories,” said Kirstin Francis, executive director of Reconciliation Regina. “Canadians have been mobilized in a way we hadn’t seen before by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action, and people know that the status quo isn’t acceptable and so we need to do better,” Sangster said.įor Reconciliation Regina, the goals are to support and encourage truth and reconciliation activities with community organizations. Photo by Heywood Yu / Saskatoon StarPhoenix The Survivors’ Flag is held during the unveiling of the Survivors’ Flag and Orange Banner Project in Saskatoon, Sept. The OTC worked with community leaders to help get the circles up and running, first in Saskatoon, then across the rest of the province as interest in reconciliation grows. And we try to help them as best we can,” OTC’s director of reconciliation and community partnerships, Rhett Sangster, said. And communities know what their priorities are and where they need to do work. “Reconciliation has to be locally driven and context-specific. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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