Truth & Reconciliation
The Falstaff Family Centre in collaboration with Kaswentha Two Row Now, will be hosting events on The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30.
These events are intended to help foster learning, awareness, inclusivity, as well as an understanding of the impact of colonialism, including the legacy of residential schools.
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Monday, September 30, 2024
Activities will take place on the Falstaff grounds, or in the Community Room in the event of inclement weather.
7:30 a.m. - Sunrise Ceremony
with Oneida First Nation elder and a member of the Turtle Clan, Patsy Day. (Patsy Day offers Grandmother Moon Teachings in the area, providing insights into the natural world and the human spirit.)
7:30 a.m. to noon - Indigenous Teachings and Sacred Fire
with Patsy Day, Matthew Maynard.
Youth readings with educator and artist Jacinthe Roy.
2:30 & 7:00 p.m. - NFB film WaaPake (meaning ‘Tomorrow’)
will be shown in the Community Room. The NFB describes the film this way: “For generations, the suffering of residential school survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to unravel the tangled threads of silence and unite in collective freedom and power.”
MATURE CONTENT ALERT
​4:00 & 5:00 p.m. - Aspens Ojibwe Spirit Horses
presented by caretakers Sallianne and Dale Patch and children’s story reading by educator and artist Jacinthe Roy. These horses were essential to Ojibwe people for transportation, hunting, ceremonial purposes and survival. The deep connection was eventually severed when Colonizers saw the horses as a nuisance and by the 1970s they were hunted almost to extinction.
6:00 p.m. - Solidarity Walk
around the river for the public led by Falstaff Family Centre Owner/Director Loreena McKennitt.
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Orange T-Shirts
Orange T-shirts will also be for sale Monday Sept. 23 to Friday Sept. 27 between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room and on the grounds throughout the day Monday Sept. 30. The shirts are made by Winona Sands of Howling Moon Aboriginal Arts, a member of Walpole Island First Nation.
Two exhibits from the Indigenous-led Legacy of Hope Foundation, A National Crime: Canada's Indian Residential School System and Remembering, Honouring and the Way Forward: 10 Years After the Residential School Apology, will be on display in the FFC Community Room from Monday Sept. 23 to Friday Sept. 27 between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. and throughout the day Monday Sept. 30.
MATURE CONTENT ALERT
Supported by Stratford Perth Community Foundation
Legacy of Hope Foundation Exhibitions
September 23 to 30
