June 20, 2023

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, delivered a speech during the Site Selection Ceremony of the Residential Schools National Monument on June 20, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. at the West Block Terrace, Parliament Hill, Ottawa.

About the Residential Schools National Monument

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Call to Action #81 calls “upon the federal government, in collaboration with Survivors and their organizations, and other parties to the Settlement Agreement, to commission and install a publicly accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools National Monument in the City of Ottawa to honour Survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities.”