Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Governor General serves as witness to survivors’ accounts of Indian Residential Schools legacy
Her Excellency hosted a ceremony at Rideau Hall that focused on the history and legacy of the Indian Residential Schools, on Thursday, October 15, 2009.
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:00 Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall GG2009-0433-011
Chief Robert Joseph sang an honour song to welcome the Survivors of Indian Residential Schools with their youth family members and the members of the Survivors Committee.
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:00 Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall GG2009-0433-002
Survivors and their families, the chair and commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Aboriginal leaders and other dignitaries were in attendance.
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:00 Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall GG2009-0433-004
Chief Robert Joseph (survivor), Most Reverend Gerard Pettipas, Reverend Harvey Self, Archdeacon Michael Pollesel, Reverend James V. Scott, and Jadyn Toulouse (Sagamok First Nation)recited a prayer.
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:00 Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall GG2009-0433-005
Youth made gestures of reconciliation by depositing tokens into ash baskets held by elders.
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:00 Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall GG2009-0433-020
The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Commission, offered the official pin of the Commission to Her Excellency while Chief Wilton Littlechild, Commissioner, observed.
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:00 Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall GG2009-0433-023