Brockton hears the stories in First Nations voices

October 4, 2023 @ 10:37 amLocal News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Brockton marked Sept. 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, with various activities in Market Garden Park. The event concluded with placing of items on the steps of the library, to honour the victims of the residential school system. (Pauline Kerr photo)
BROCKTON – Brockton’s commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Orange Shirt Day, on Sept. 30, went a step further than acknowledging the importance of telling the true stories of the devastating abuses of the residential school system, and other abuses perpetrated by the colonial system on this country’s First Nations. The…
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Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.