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"Orange Shirt Day" is a reminder that as a nation, we continue to travel the same well-trodden path with the same injustices. The only path to a new and better way is for everyone to be aware and mindful of the experiences others have endured. This day is dedicated to understanding our Native American and Indigenous Peoples experience and to recognize the the cultural, societal, and generational trauma with a goal of healing and rising above the past.

Thank you so much for posting Susan. I've got my orange shirt ready for the morning. October 1st is Treaty Day. The Mi'kmaq fishers could really use some support here in Nova Scotia as they face resistance to exercising their treaty rights. We've still got a long way to go to achieve reconciliation. All movement forward gets us closer to that goal.

Esther Calder, centre, and other residential school survivors said they found comfort in recognition at National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events across Vancouver. (Shawn Foss/CBC) To read more of Michelle Morton's article, please click here. Hope and grief intermingled as residential school survivors, Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous people gathered across Vancouver to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Saturday. The day is meant to recognize and...