Each year, September 30 marks Canada's federal statutory holiday "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation", "Orange Shirt Day"; and in the US, the Indigenous-led commemorative "National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding School Survivors". To learn more about the painful history and ongoing impacts and of residential schools; and efforts towards  reconciliation visit: Canada's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), Orange Shirt Society, US Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative; and to see locations of the schools in both Canada and the US, the Interactive Digital Map of Indian Boarding Schools.

 

Contact District 7040's  HIP representative Rene Melchers for more information about Rotary related efforts towards reconciliation.