Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR), the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, APTN, CBC/Radio-Canada and the Algonquin Nation have united to produce a 90-minute multilingual commemorative gathering, entitled Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This special program seeks to honour Survivors, pay tribute to the children who never made it home from residential schools, and deliver a safe and nurturing environment for reconciliation and healing. This year’s gathering will encompass powerful reflections from esteemed Elders and Survivors as well as moving performances by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists.
7:30 Eagle River drum group - Entry of the NCTR Eagle Staffs, NCTR flag, and Bentwood Box
1:42 Eagle River drum group - Remembering The Children : National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
20:45 Elder Claudette Commanda
24:36 Hosts Earl Wood and Danielle Rochette introduce the Bentwood Box
32:10 Survivor Madelaine Basile
37:34 Survivor Joan Dicker
44:54 Andrina Turenne - Tourtes printanières
49:35 Stephanie Scott, Executive Director of the NCTR, introduces the Memorial Cloth
54:16 Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells (flutist) and accompaniment - Memorial Cloth Procession and Offering of Shoes
1:02:18 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada
1:08:34 Survivor Jacquie Pizendewatch
1:17:20 Survivor Keith Chiefmoon
1:23:15 Diyet and the Love Soldiers - We're Still Here
1:28:53 Survivor Laurie McDonald
1:35:40 Survivor Brian Normand
1:40:56 Tom Jackson and dancers Jera Wolfe and Madison Noon - Blue Water
1:46:46 Eagle River drum group - Retiring the NCTR Eagle Staffs and NCTR flag
1:49:26 To all residential school Survivors and credits