{"id":916276,"date":"2026-10-01T06:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916276\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:54:24","slug":"photos-every-child-matters-march-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916276\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Every Child Matters march in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday, hundreds of Montrealers took part in a march to remember the victims of Canada\u2019s residential school system, many wearing orange shirts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0244_305500861.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wears an Every Child Matters T-shirt and has a red handprint on her face.\" class=\"wp-image-100297069\"  \/>Roxana B.L. awaits the start of the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0075_305500875.jpg\" alt=\"A girl zips up the dress of another at an outdoor gathering.\" class=\"wp-image-100297070\"  \/>Kawennanoron Jacobs, left, has her jingle dress zipped up by Sken:neniehawe Jacobs before the start of the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0132_305500879.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Deer in traditional clothing gestures to a crowd outside.\" class=\"wp-image-100297073\"  \/>Kevin Deer of the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation speaks before the start of the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0232_305500881.jpg\" alt=\"People in orange T-shirts stand and watch an event outdoors.\" class=\"wp-image-100297084\"  \/>Qu\u00e9bec solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal, centre, attends the Every Child Matters march with partner Hubert Proulx, right, and candidates Roxane Milot, left, Gis\u00e8le Pouhe Njall and Alexandre Boulerice. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0349_305500883.jpg\" alt=\"A man in an orange T-shirt plays a drum.\" class=\"wp-image-100297085\"  \/>Simik Komaksiutiksalk plays an Inuk drum during the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-5678_305500907.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Deer is seen in traditional clothing.\" class=\"wp-image-100297089\"  \/>Kevin Deer of the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation burns tobacco for a cleanse before the start of the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0441_305500899.jpg\" alt=\"A person holds a burning bunch of tobacco with people dressed in orange in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-100297086\"  \/>A person holds a burning bunch of tobacco during the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0464_305500903.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people take part in a public march.\" class=\"wp-image-100297088\"  \/>Hundreds of people walk during the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-7495_305500979.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people take part in a public march.\" class=\"wp-image-100297090\"  \/>Hundreds of people walk during the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0698_305502101.jpg\" alt=\"Jamie Starr plays a drum while wearing orange.\" class=\"wp-image-100297092\"  \/>Jamie Starr of the Ojibiwe nation plays a drum  during the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001-city-march-0491_305502103.jpg\" alt=\"Pairs of shoes are seen lined up neatly on the ground in front of a group of people, one carrying a poster reading Every Child Matters.\" class=\"wp-image-100297091\"  \/>Westmount High School students displayed children\u2019s shoes in solidarity with children who lost their lives at residential schools, during the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/etb26-1001-city-march-8047_305504927.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen Gabriel wipes a tear from her eye as she speaks at a microphone outside.\" class=\"wp-image-100297094\"  \/>Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk activist and artist from Kanehsat\u00e0:ke Nation, wipes away a tear as she speaks following the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/etb26-1001-city-march-8140_305504939.jpg\" alt=\"ETB26 1001 city march 8140-jpg\" class=\"wp-image-100297095\"  \/>Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk activist and artist from Kanehsat\u00e0:ke Nation, speaks following the Every Child Matters march. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday, hundreds of Montrealers took part in a march&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,304838,2338],"class_list":["post-916276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indigenous-issues","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}