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The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day at Beechwood Cemetery
September 30, 2026
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Join us on 30 September 2026, at the Beechwood National Memorial Center to have the opportunity to visit the graves of Duncan Campbell Scott and Dr. PH Bryce whilst learning about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
Students will begin the day by watching an animated movie called Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past. Created by the Caring Society, Spirit Bear covers difficult subjects in a way children can understand.
Students will also have an opportunity participate in the action tables and create a heart garden that will then surround the Children's Sacred Forest through an educational activity.
There will also be an art exhibit displaying artists of all mediums — painting, photography, sculpture, textile, and mixed media — that engage with the TRC Calls to Action, reconciliation, and truth telling in respectful and thought-provoking ways
Timeline:
9:45am - Movie
10:15am - Tour
11:00am - Outside activity & action tables
11:45am – Back on bus
12:00pm – Movie
12:30pm - Tour
1:00pm - Outside activity & action tables
1:45pm - Back on bus
Please note that there is no space big enough to accommodate lunch. We suggesting eating before or after the event.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation has partnered with the Project of Heart, the Assembly of 7 Generations, and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) to host a public Day of Reconciliation education and action to learn from residential schools and other forms of colonialism so we can all implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society works to ensure the safety and well-being of First Nations youth and their families through education initiatives, public policy campaigns and providing quality resources to support communities.
Using a reconciliation framework that addresses contemporary hardships for Indigenous families in ways that uplift all Canadians, the Caring Society champions culturally based equity for First Nations children and their families so that they can grow up safely at home, be healthy, achieve their dreams, celebrate their languages and culture and be proud of who they are.
The Caring Society proudly works with our partners in Canada and around the world to promote the rights of Indigenous children.
- The Assembly of 7 Generations is an Indigenous owned and youth-led, non-profit organization focused on cultural support and empowerment programs and policies for Indigenous youth while being led by traditional knowledge and Elder guidance.
- A7G believes that the assembly and unity of Indigenous youth from across Turtle Island will not only contribute to our own success and healing of today but also that of our next seven generations.
