Number TEN has been working and collaborating with First Nation, Inuit, and Metis communities for over 50 years. We have built many friendships, and designed places that respond to our understanding of each communities' history, culture, and aspirations.
But we can do better. We need to build a deeper understanding.
We believe the future of our country depends on it.
Actively participating in National Truth and Reconciliation week is an important step in our collective journey.
Join us in a week of learning, action, and commitments to the future. We encourage everyone to enter this process with an open mind and an open heart.
DAY 1: RECLAMATION and RECONCILIATION
Monday, September 26
List of Resources for Reading/Listening
Reading
"Did you See Us? Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School"
By Survivors of the Assiniboia Indian Residential School | LINK
"In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation"
By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail | LINK
"A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged"
By the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada | LINK
Listening
"An Indigenous Perspective on Reconciliation"
By Willie Ermine | VIDEO
Other Events
RAIC 2022 Commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | LINK
DAY 2: TWO-EYED SEEING
Tuesday, September 27
List of Resources for Reading/Listening
Reading
"Finding common ground: Science and Indigenous knowledge"
By the David Suzuki Foundation | LINK
"Bridging Cultures: Indigenous and Scientific Ways of Knowing Nature"
By Glen Aikenhead and Herman Michell | LINK
Listening
"Two-Eyed Seeing"
By Albert Marshal | VIDEO
DAY 3: ENVIRONMENT/LAND PROTECTION
Wednesday, September 28
List of Resources for Reading/Listening
Reading
"Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants"
By Robin Wall Kimmerer | LINK
"The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet"
By Sheila Watt-Cloutier | LINK
Children's Books:
"On the Trapline"
By David A. Robertson | LINK
Listening
"Climate Change and Indigenous Communities" with Knowledge Keeper Leslie Spillett
By Prairie Climate Centre | VIDEO
DAY 4: TRUTH
Thursday, September 29
List of Resources for Reading/Listening
Reading
"Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance"
By Jesse Wente | LINK
"All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward"
By Tanya Talaga | LINK
"The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir"
By Joseph Auguste (Augie) Merasty | LINK
Listening
Residential Schools Podcast Series
By the Canadian Encyclopedia | LINK
Viewing
"The Secret Path"
Film by Gord Downie and Road to Reconciliation Panel | VIDEO
DAY 5: REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN - Orange Shirt Day
Friday, September 30
List of Resources for Reading/Listening
Reading
"Five Little Indians: A Novel"
By Michelle Good | LINK
"Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools"
By Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine | LINK
Children's Books
"The Orange Shirt Story"
By Phyllis Webstad | LINK
Listening
We Were Children | LINK
Attend
Every Child Matters Walk
Start Time: 11:00 AM - Start at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Encouraged to bring family
Every Child Matters Pow Wow
Start Time: 1PM at the RBC Convention Centre
Orange Shirt Days at The Manitoba Museum | INFO
When: Friday, September 30 to Sunday, October 2 (Admission is free for all, guests are encouraged to wear orange).
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at The Winnipeg Art Gallery | INFO
Time: 12:00 PM
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is hosting a special day of programmingin partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. All are welcome for a screening of Truth and Reconciliation Week program episodes as well as NCTR's live national broadcast, Remembering the Children, airing at 12:00 PM. Following the screening will be a book launch and a public discussion about the history of the residential school system. (General admission fees will be donated to the NCTR).
