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People across Quebec can take part in a number of events to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today.
The federal holiday is observed each year on Sept. 30, to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities, and to publicly remember the history and legacy of residential schools.
Sept. 30 also marks Orange Shirt Day — Every Child Matters, a commemorative day established by Indigenous communities to remember victims of residential schools who never returned home. The orange shirt serves to symbolize the loss of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by many of the Indigenous children removed from their communities.
Every Child Matters March
This annual march, which is organized by the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, will take place in Montreal this afternoon. It begins at 12:30 p.m. at Westmount Park, and will conclude at Cabot Square. The march features a slew of Indigenous speakers and performers, and will go ahead rain or shine.
Arrival of the Great Mamu Nikantetau 2026 Expedition
Participants of this expedition, led annually by Dr. Stanley Vollant, an Innu surgeon from Pessamit, will end their nearly 350-kilometre journey — undertaken on foot and by rabaska canoe from Kitigan Zibi, Que. to Montreal — on Wednesday. An event to celebrate the expedition begins at 11 a.m. at the historical Hangar 1825 building along Montreal’s Lachine Canal.
Quebec City exhibition highlights Indigenous languages
An immersive exhibition presented at the Université du Québec allows visitors to learn about the 11 Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec. The exhibition also explores the repercussions of assimilation policies, as well as linguistic revitalization efforts being carried out by Indigenous communities today.
Orange Shirt Day healing walk in Gesgapegiag
This healing walk in the Mi’kmaw community of Gesgapegiag will honour the children who never returned home from residential schools, and continue the path towards reconciliation. Attendees will gather in orange shirts at the Wejgwapniag School gym at 9 a.m. today, before walking together to the Mawiomi Grounds on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.