truth and reconciliation
Williams Lake First Nation to restore former residential school area on its own terms
March 27, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: brief descriptions of residential school violence and cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples, mentions of burial sites. “I grieve for all who never made it — the children who never made it home and for survivors and their families who could not keep carrying the pain.” These words come from Phyllis Webstad, member of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation (St-wet-lem hight-lem), founder of Orange Shirt Society, and survivor of the St. Joseph’s Mission Indian Residential School. Orange Shirt Society started Orange Shirt Day as a holiday “designed to commemorate the residential school experience, to…
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The rise of economic nationalism sidelines reconciliation
March 3, 2025By: Zainab Salam, SFU Student On the windy afternoon of January 19, I drove down to Bellingham to go shopping. I wanted some fridge necessities from renowned American grocer Trader Joe’s. The next day, Donald Trump was inaugurated, and since…
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Indigenous advocates call for more efficient truth and reconciliation
October 1, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: mentions of residential schools, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and colonialism. With the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, advocates are bringing attention to the “minimal to no progress” made…
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Buy your orange shirt from Indigenous creators
October 1, 2024By: Abigail Streifel, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of residential schools. As we head into late September, we’re hearing more and more about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The statutory holiday, which falls on September 30 and coincides…
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Residential school deniers show us colonialism is still rampant
June 17, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of unmarked graves, genocide, death, and abuse. When more than 200 unmarked graves were discovered at Kamloops Residential School in 2021, a movement to uncover the extent of residential school graves gained…
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Indigenous gathering event discusses working steps towards reconciliation
October 3, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer September 30 will mark the third year of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Canadian government established Bill C-5, which was a direct response to the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action, “to honour…
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Dr. Eva Jewell presents lecture on embodying anti-oppression for reconciliation
October 23, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On October 6, 2021, Dr. Eva Jewell presented her lecture From Structural Racism to Personal Practices: Embodying Anti-Oppression for Reconciliation as part of an ongoing series hosted by SFU Public Square and Resilience BC…
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Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 43-49
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Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 18-42
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Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 1-17
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