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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - This event has already occurred

Saturday, September 30, 2023 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Address:

Memorial Park, 44 Queen Street, Port Hope, Ontario
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Category:

Heritage and Museums

Event Details:

On Friday, September 30th, between 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., the Dibaajimowin Cultural Centre is hosting an event to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Organe Shirt Day in Memorial Park in Port Hope. This year's there will be a focus on honouring the life and legacy of Stephen Pashagumskum a residential school survivor The event is open to everyone, and the focus is to share and learn about Indigenous peoples, to support Residential School Survivors and honour those children who did not make it home. Speakers will begin at 2:00 p.m.. A message from Marsha Smoke: Port Hope has always had a special place in my heart. Not only did I work and live here when I was young, this was the hunting territory of our Father who was a young hunter and trapper in the 1940's. Our Smoke connection to the land is genuine. The Legacy that we carry on will be through sharing stories of the lives that our relatives lived during this chapter of Canada’s history. The work of the Dibaajimowin Cultural Centre is guided by survivors and those intergenerationally affected. We invite you to walk with us in our healing journey to Reconciliation.