NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY

9/28/2021

Tomorrow is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. It is the first time in Canada's history that this will be a national holiday to remember and respect things that have happened in Canada's past. We are not proud of some of the horrible things that our government did in the past, but this is something that will help many First Nations' families start to heal. To honour the children who died at the residential schools, please do your part and wear an orange shirt tomorrow! Don't forget to watch this video for an explanation of what reconciliation is.

IMPORTANT:
1.) ORANGE SHIRT DAY: Please wear an orange shirt tomorrow.
2.) FORMS: Return any forms you have not yet submitted.

3.) HOODIES: If you have not confirmed your hoodie information, tomorrow is the last day. Also, please click here to pay for your hoodie.

PLANNER:
1.) LA/READING: Read for 30 minutes

2.) POST A RESPONSE:

Tomorrow is a day to remember the children who lost their lives at the residential schools. This is the first step in acknowledging, remember, and respecting those families that were effected.
REQUIRED: Watch this video on 'What is Reconciliation?'

LEARNING INTENTION: I can write a paragraph (intro/body/conclusion) on what reconciliation is.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Paragraph format (intro/body/conclusion)
2.) Explain what 'reconciliation is' based on your background knowledge and the posted
video.
3.) In your body, explain at least 2-3 points that help explain what reconciliation is. Include
examples from the video.
4.) Check for the givens (spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure)
5.) Self-assessment - After you write your paragraph, check your work with the criteria
above and write one single sentence indicating if you met or didn't meet the criteria. If
you didn't, state what you forgot to do.
6.) Peer-assessments will be done in class tomorrow.

VIDEO LINKS:
What is Reconciliation?

36 Comments

Aaron

9/28/2021 03:13:56 pm

1st

Dustin

9/28/2021 08:00:25 pm

no no no

Suhani

9/28/2021 03:22:52 pm

2nd

Mr. Fisher

9/28/2021 03:47:44 pm

@DIVISION 2- PE TOMORROW SO DRESS APPROPRIATELY! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE RUNNERS! NO JEANS!

Sonia

9/28/2021 04:06:06 pm

September 30th is national reconciliation day. This is a day to acknowledge all the horrible things that have, and are still, happening to indigenous people all over Canada. The definition of reconciliation is to restore friendly relationships. In other words, it is the act of trying to right a wrong. An example of reconciliation is when you’ve had an argument with someone, and afterwards you show them that your sorry by changing your behaviour, and apologizing. Reconciliation is an important ability to have, because it can help you get along with the people around you.
I have met the success criteria.

Timothy

9/28/2021 04:16:23 pm

4th

Leah

9/28/2021 04:18:49 pm

After watching the video, I now know what reconciliation is. Reconciliation is to recognize what was right and wrong. For example, when the government does something wrong but then do it right. Reconciliation is also when two people (or groups) come together. Kind of like when you and your sibling get into a fight but then you make up. Reconciliation is important in Canada.

9/28/2021 04:20:32 pm

Checked the success criteria

Ethan

9/28/2021 04:24:18 pm

September 30 is national reconcilation day. That day we remember first nations that have died and they have had some horrible things done to them. There are still things going around indigenous people. So when we wear an orange shirt we remember the little girl that got her brand new shirt taken away. Those schools had done horrible things. They cut there hair,they make u wear there stuff that u dont want to. They brand the little children like how they brand cows/ marking.

9/28/2021 04:30:13 pm

Sorry mr fisher for my for my grammer

9/28/2021 04:41:11 pm

September 30th, aka National Reconciliation day, is a day where we acknowledge the horrific things that we did to indigenous people in the past. The meaning of reconciliation is to attempt to restore a friendly relationship that was broken. In June, 2008, our Prime Minister, Steven Harper gave an official apology to the survivors of the residential schools in the House of Commons. After this, the 94 calls to action was created by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help the government better understand how to help apologize to the indigenous people of Canada.

I believe I have met the criteria

Ian

9/28/2021 05:13:10 pm

September 30th, Reconciliation day is a day that we recognize all the horrendous things that have been done to the indigenous people in Canada. reconciliation means to make up or restore friendly relations. For example, if you offended someone, you apologize and change your behaviour. reconciliation is very important, it can help you re-establish your friendship and relationship.

9/28/2021 05:15:24 pm

yes i have met all the success criteria

Kevin

9/28/2021 05:25:05 pm

National reconciliation day is on September 30th. It is a day where people acknowledge the horrific things that happened to indigenous people before. reconciliation means to attempt to restore a friendly relationship that was broken. In 2008, Stephen Harper (the Prime minister of that time) formally apologized on behalf of Canada for everything that happened with residential schools.
I met most of the success criteria

kaila

9/28/2021 05:33:05 pm

September 30th is reconciliation day. It is a day where we honor indigenous people and recognize what bad mistakes we have made in the past to hurt them and there culture. Reconciliation means to make up relation ships. Its like when you get mad at somebody for doing something that was wrong and they try to make it wright. we honor indigenous school survivors by wearing a orange shirts on September 30th. In 2008 Canada made a truth and reconciliation commission to try and make things right between the government and first peoples of Canada.

9/28/2021 05:34:56 pm

I have tried to meet all the success criteria

Elton

9/28/2021 06:23:52 pm

Truth and Reconciliation day is on September 30th. It is a day where we recognize that non-Indigenous people have treated Indigenous people differently. Reconciliation is forgiving someone after they do something bad to you. An example is that you had an argument with your friend, and they hurt you, and you make up. Another way to put is that reconciliation is an opportunity to heal a broken relationship. Reconciliation is a key role in healing the relationship between non-Indigenous people and Indigenous people.

9/28/2021 06:24:52 pm

Met the success criteria.

Alison

9/28/2021 07:42:37 pm

Reconciliation day is on the 30th of September. It is a day where we recognise the harm that Non-Indigenous people have done to Indigenous people. An example of reconciliation is like arguing with your friend, then apologising and making up, also means mending broken relationships. Reconciliation is important to mend the relationship between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people

9/28/2021 07:43:13 pm

Met success criteria

Aliyah

9/28/2021 07:59:18 pm

September 30th, known as National Reconciliation Day, is a day to acknowledge all of the horrible things that have been done to the indigenous people all over Canada. The definition of “reconciliation” is an opportunity to restore or to heal friendly relationships that have been broken, it is the act of trying to right a wrong. An example of this is when you’ve gotten into an argument with somebody, and you apologize by changing your behaviour. In June of 2008, the Prime Minister, Steven Harper, gave an official apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, after this apology was given, 94 recommendations or calls to action, were created by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help better understand the Indigenous people of Canada.
I believe I met the success criteria

cindy

9/28/2021 08:06:06 pm

On September 30th, it is reconciliation day. On the 30th of 2021, it is the first time where the government has officially recognized this day as a holiday. Why is reconciliation day so important you may ask? It is important because it’s when as a country everybody shows their respect and apologies to what happened in residential schools. In residential schools, there were cruel unforgiving nuns who hurt the innocent pure children whenever they spoke, sung, or danced in their own cultures. Thus, the whole country needs to apologize because in the past, the country made a horrible mistake. Reconciliation is important, as it finally allows the country to attempt to mend the relationships as groups of people. A good example of reconciliation is if you had gotten pushed down the stairs because somebody had fallen on top of you. While you get to choose whether you forgive them or not, they still attempted to reconcile the relationship. So it doesn’t feel like they meant to do harm and never apologize. Another example may be when you got bullied in the past by somebody and now they are mature so they apologize. That is why reconciliation is so important, as it is at least an attempt to heal damaged scars.

9/28/2021 08:11:51 pm

September 30th known as national reconciliation day is a day to acknowledge all the horrible things that have been done to indigenous people all over Canada. An example of Reconciliation Day is like braking your friends toy and buying him a new one it mends broken relationships. Reconciliation is a key role in healing the relationship between indigenous people and non_ indigenous people.

9/28/2021 08:12:40 pm

i met the success criteria along time ago

9/28/2021 08:33:53 pm

This Thursday is reconciliation day, reconciliation day is a day that we apologize to indigenous peoples about terrible things we did in the past centuries, so what does reconciliation means? Reconciliation is to apologize and change your behavior about something that you did wrong. For instance, if you had a fight with your friend and then you apologize to your friend, that's reconciliation. Reconciliation also means to restore relationship. For example, after you apologize to your friend you guys restored your friendships, that is also reconciliation. So we have this reconciliation day to restore our relationship between indigenous people, and we apologize the horrible things we did to them.

9/28/2021 08:36:02 pm

Met the criteria 🤥

Palin

9/28/2021 08:38:24 pm

Reconciliation day is on September 30th. It is a day to spread awareness , apologize and come to to terms with the horrible way First Nations were treated by us. The meaning of reconciliation is restoration of friendly relations. Reconciliation is like when you get into an argument with one of your family members and you apologize to them and change your behaviour. It also might be like when someone is insulting you or bullying you and after awhile they realized that what they have done is wrong and they apologize . We must continue to take actions on things like racism and discrimination because it is still unfortunately happening today.

9/28/2021 08:39:47 pm

Criteria successfully followed

Austin

9/28/2021 08:41:51 pm

On September 30th is reconciliation day. It is a thing to recognize all the terrible things our country did to indigenous people. An example is like breaking someone’s thing and then either getting a new one or fixing it properly so the relationship is fixed. In 2008 Canada made the truth and reconciliation commission to fix the things or make up for what Canada did. This is a key to make up for what we did

9/28/2021 08:42:33 pm

I think I met the criteria

vyom

9/28/2021 08:51:42 pm

September 30th is reconciliation day. reconciliation day is a day that we say apologize to the indigenous for treating them the way we did. reconciliation means to restore a friendship.

colleen

9/28/2021 09:38:37 pm

On reconciliation day, we all have to acknowledge the bad things this country has done and reconcile. Reconciliation means to restore friendly relations. For example, if you accidentally throw a ball at someone, reconciling would be helping them by giving them a bandaid or something. The reason why reconciliation day was made was to apologize to the indigenous people for the things that have happened in residential schools. They took away their right to do things like sing songs in their own language, speak their own language and more. Reconciliation day is very good because what happened in the schools were really bad and it’s good to realize what you have done and take action on it. I’m sure that this day will make many people happy and glad that people acknowledge this and apologize for it. I did the criteria i think

Waylon

9/28/2021 10:01:41 pm

“Mr. Speaker, I stand before you today to offer an apology to former students of Indian residential schools. The treatment of children in Indian residential schools is a sad chapter in our history…” those were the exact words of former Prime Minister Steven Harper’s apology on June 11th, 2008. He started a new era that lasted to this day, for people to recognise the wrongdoings of the residential schools, and to apologise to the survivors of residential schools. In other words, he wanted the country to be reconciled. So, what exactly is reconciliation? Well, this word’s meaning is the restoration of friendly relations. Today I will show you 3 significant values for Canada to reconcile with indigenous peoples: the importance of reconciliation, the responsibility of all people, and to take action.

The first value is that reconciliation plays a very important role in Canada. There are many actions that have been taken, such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commision of Canada, and the new national holiday, named the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. These actions are to recognise that non-indigenous people have harmed indigenous people for a long time, and treated the indigenous people differently than white people. The actions are also to heal a broken relationship, and to establish a Canada that honours indigenous peoples and their contributions.

Also, reconciliation is usually linked to two different groups: the government and the individuals. On one hand, the government acknowledges the wrong things, and to try to do the right things. On the other hand, individuals are trying to highlight the unfair treatments to indigenous peoples in the past and the present. For example, learning the history of residential schools, and in 2008, the Truth and Reconciliation Commision was launched, and learned about the negative impacts of the residential schools and other mistreatments from more than 6500 witnesses and their families.

Most importantly, to do the right thing and avoid making the same mistake again is the key value for reconciliation. For instance, the Truth and Reconciliation Commision accumulated 94 calls to action to help repair the relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous communities, preventing future and ongoing harm. However, the government didn’t address many of the calls to action. To achieve the goals, people should learn about Canada’s treatment of indigenous peoples, remembering and honouring residential school survivors on Orange Shirt Day and beyond, reading about indigenous issues as well as all 94 calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation report, and speaking up when you see indigenous peoples being treated unfairly or if you hear racist remarks.

Steven Harper’s announcement in the House of Commons was just the beginning of reconciliation. People have done many things to try to re conciliate Canada, but there are still many things that need to be done. In conclusion, reconciliation is playing a very important role in Canada, and it is the responsibility of all people, as well as an action that needs to be taken to achieve our goal.

P.S. I met all of the Success Criteria featured on Mr. Fisher’s Class Website.

Emily

9/28/2021 10:04:17 pm

September 30th is a new holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but what exactly does that mean? The word "reconciliation" means to restore friendly relations. It also means to acknowledge our wrongs and take actions to make them right, and for some people, to take the opportunity to heal a broken relationship. Indigenous peoples have been mistreated and harmed for centuries by residential schools and discrimination. They were assimilated and forced to become "more like white people". Their hair was cut short, they were forced to learn English, and they were punished if they were caught singing their own songs, speaking to others in their own language, or doing anything to do with their traditional culture. This is definitely an example of a wrong that we need to recognize and take actions to make right. Canada has been taking steps towards that, such as launching the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2008, the same year that the federal government made a formal apology to the Indigenous peoples. The TRC did six years of research, collecting over 6500 witnesses and their families' negative experiences and impacts. At the end of their research, they made a report with 94 calls to action, which are currently in progress, though many have not yet been addressed. Canada has been progressing on our journey to reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples, but we are still far from reaching our goal.

9/28/2021 10:05:02 pm

I have met the success criteria.

Kaitlin

9/29/2021 08:28:12 am

On September 30th, it will be the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Google description of reconciliation is "to restore friendly relations." Though, reconciliation now has a bit of a different meaning. Part of reconciliation is understanding that Indigenous peoples have been discriminated against. Former Prime Minister Steven Harper has made an apology acknowledging that Canada's actions back then were wrong, but many people said that an apology without doing anything to change our ways isn't enough. The second part of reconciliation is about action from all types of people. For example, schools are doing this by teaching kids about how horrible the treatment Indigenous peoples had gone through and still do to this day, and learning from the past to change the future. Canada has been working towards reconciliation, starting in 2008 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Six years was spent researching, listening to over 6500 witnesses and their families' negative impacts and experiences. When they finished their research, they made a report with 94 calls to action, though many have not been addressed. Reconciliation is important, and we hope all of Canada can understand that.
I believe I have met the success criteria.

NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY

Leave a Reply.

SOCIAL MEDIA HUB

About Us

Archives

Categories