National Truth and Reconciliation Day | Events in your Region

September 30th marks the third official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. If you’re looking for a way to commemorate, learn and reflect on this day, here are a few events in different BC regions which you can participate in!

Lower Mainland

• Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day (UBC)
• Nisga’a Ts’amiks Vancouver Society Event at Trout Lake
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Maple Ridge
• Free Admission at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre
• Friendship Walk and Gathering – Grandview Park East Van
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Pier Park (New West)
• All My Relations: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Coquitlam)
• National Day for Truth & Reconciliation at MONOVA (North Van)

Vancouver Island

• South Island Powwow, Victoria, BC
• Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the closing of the Alberni Indian Residential School, Port Alberni, BC
• Orange Day in the Bay, Lantzville Lantzville, BC
• Comox Valley’s Local Governments to Observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Comox Valley, BC

Interior BC

• Truth & Reconciliation Walk & Traditional Pow Wow, Cranbrook, BC
• The Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre beading workshops September 26 & 28 Cranbrook, BC
• Orange Shirt Day – Film Screening Sept 30 2023, Invermere, BC
• Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it Flag Raising at Fernie City Hall at 10am on September 30, Fernie, BC

Northern BC

• A Path Towards Collective Reconciliation: A Truth & Reconciliation Event, Burns Lake, BC
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park, Prince George, BC
• Tea Dance & Round Dance at the Taylor Community Hall, Taylor, BC
• The Nawican Friendship Centre in Dawson Creek is hosting a vigil on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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