National Day for Truth & Reconciliation September 30th.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The TAC Board of Directors would like to acknowledge this significant day in Canada. We encourage our members to take the time to educate themselves on the meaning of this commemorative day by accessing the resources available at:
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation-English version

Journee-Nationale-Verite-Reconciliation-French version

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

This federal statutory holiday was created through legislative amendments made by Parliament.

Wear orange

Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30.

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of “Every Child Matters”.  The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.

On September 30, we encourage all Canadians to wear orange to honour the thousands of Survivors of residential schools.