Activities on our first Canadian National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

"I acknowledge that I am on Peace and Friendship territory and that the land on which I am is the traditional territory of Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and Passamaquoddy First Nations."

(I am not sure if I wrote that correctly, so please correct me if I didn’t.)

1- Wear your Orange Day shirt

If you don’t have one, order it directly from the organization who launched this initiative.

https://www.orangeshirtday.org/

2- Find out what Treaty Territory you live on

https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/Tools/blogs/insights/indigenous-territory-eng.aspx

Whose Land Is IT app

https://www.whose.land/en/

Halifax is located on a Peace & Friendship

https://www.whose.land/en/treaty/peaceAndFriendship

3- Read about Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2008-2015)

https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-of-canada/

94 Calls to Action Report

https://nctr.ca/records/reports/

4- Listen to CBC Radio today all day

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio

5- Take a class to learn about Indigenous Cultures

Indigenous Learning Series list

https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/ils-eng.aspx

University of Alberta - Indigenous Canada online course

https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada

6- Subscribe to a few Podcasts

Warrior Life

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/warrior-life/id1434096503

Our Native Land

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/our-native-land/id1541726780

Nation to Nation

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/nation-to-nation/id1293877829

The Secret Life of Canada

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-secret-life-of-canada/id1434339568

7- Read book to your kids written by a First Nations authors

University of Saskatchewan list

https://library.usask.ca/indigenous/holdings/az_list-childrens_authors.php

University of BC list

https://guides.library.ubc.ca/Indigenouschildrensliterature

8- Read about Residential Schools

https://www.cbc.ca/books/48-books-by-indigenous-writers-to-read-to-understand-residential-schools-1.6056204

9- Watch “Trick or Treaty” documentary on NFB

https://www.nfb.ca/film/trick_or_treaty/

10- Watch CBC TV special programs today

https://gem.cbc.ca/

11- Attend your local T&R events

12- Visit a local Indigenous community centre

Halifax: https://mymnfc.com/

13- Support an indigenous business

https://www.urbaniskwew.com/digital-artwork

14- Donate to an indigenous charity organization

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/donate-to-indigenous-charities/

15- Listen to Polaris winner Jeremy Dutcher

https://jeremydutcher.com/

Please share other ideas to make this list as complete as we can. Thank you.