RECONCILIATION – City and TteS team up for event on Friday at arbour

The City of Kamloops and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc will commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in advance with an event on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc Arbour.

The event will include activities, cultural teachings, tours of the Kamloops Residential School, and a one-mile Orange Shirt Day Walk beginning at 3 p.m.

Kamloops residents are invited to attend.

“As we partner with the City of Kamloops on this significant day for the first time, we express gratitude and together we are proud to serve our communities in unity, ensuring that we lead by example through our shared commitment to the implementation of Truth and Reconciliation,” said TteS Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation commemorative event will be free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to wear an orange shirt and comfortable shoes for the walk. To register in advance for a Kamloops Residential School tour, please email events@ttes.ca.

This event is sponsored in part by Heritage Canada.

The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation became a federal statutory holiday in 2021 and is marked on Sept. 30 each year, the historical day of observance for Orange Shirt Day.

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led, grassroots observance to raise awareness of the inter-generational impacts of residential schools.