{"id":13194,"date":"2021-09-30T09:54:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/president\/?p=13194"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:39:27","slug":"a-message-on-the-first-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/president\/2021\/09\/30\/a-message-on-the-first-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message on the First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Message pour la premi\u00e8re Journ\u00e9e nationale de la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et de la r\u00e9conciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

La version fran\u00e7aise suit la version anglaise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Colleagues,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today marks the first annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This new day of remembrance and reflection falls on what has been previously known as Orange Shirt Day<\/a>. The day is intended to provide space for ongoing discussions of truth and reconciliation, and time for us to pause and reflect on the continued legacy of inter-generational trauma caused by the Indian Residential School system in Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residential schools operated in Canada from 1831\u20131996. Indigenous children were taken from their families and communities, often around this time of year, and brought to residential schools across the country. Many of these children never returned home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at residential schools in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and a large number of investigations still underway, we grieve with the survivors, the families of those who were lost, and Indigenous communities everywhere for the immense trauma and loss caused by the residential school system.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In light of the truths we are faced with, as a place of higher education and learning, we must take time to acknowledge our role in a colonial system of education, and our responsibility to uphold the recommendations put forward in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada\u2019s Calls to Action<\/a> (Appels \u00e0 l\u2019action de la Commission de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et r\u00e9conciliation du Canada<\/a>). Today we encourage you to wear orange in honour of the victims and survivors, to learn more about the residential school system and its ongoing legacy, and to consider the actions you can take individually or collectively to support reconciliation efforts.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope that you will be able to join us today<\/a> from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as we pause to remember the victims and survivors of residential schools, to reflect on reconciliation in action at York, and to acknowledge and honour the strength and resilience of Indigenous community members.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are not able to join us, we encourage you to take time to explore York\u2019s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation website<\/a>, attend another one of the events taking place across the university community, and commit to learning and setting actionable goals for reconciliation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us all identify ways to decolonize our practices and systems, and to learn, understand, and teach about the ongoing impacts of Canada\u2019s colonial history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know that this day, as well as its events and messages, may trigger trauma for many Indigenous members of our community, especially those who are survivors or with close personal or family ties to experiences in the residential schools, and we encourage all of our community members to please be kind to one another.\u00a0Support is available for survivors and those affected through the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society at 1-800-721-0066 or on the\u00a024-hour\u00a0crisis line at 1-866-925-4419.\u00a0There are also a variety of supports available to the York community, which are listed on the\u00a0Mental Health and Wellness\u00a0site<\/a>\u00a0and through the\u00a0Employee and Family Assistance Program<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miigwech. Thank you. Merci. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhonda Lenton\u00a0
President and Vice-Chancellor\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheila Cote-Meek\u00a0
Vice-President, Equity, People & Culture\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chers coll\u00e8gues, ch\u00e8res coll\u00e8gues, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nous c\u00e9l\u00e9brons aujourd\u2019hui la toute premi\u00e8re Journ\u00e9e nationale de la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et de la r\u00e9conciliation. Cette journ\u00e9e de comm\u00e9moration et de r\u00e9flexion remplace l\u2019ancien Jour du chandail orange.<\/a> Elle vise \u00e0 fournir un forum pour des discussions sur la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et la r\u00e9conciliation ainsi qu\u2019un temps de r\u00e9flexion sur l\u2019h\u00e9ritage continu des traumatismes interg\u00e9n\u00e9rationnels caus\u00e9s par le syst\u00e8me des pensionnats autochtones au Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ces pensionnats ont exist\u00e9 au Canada de 1831 \u00e0 1996. Les enfants autochtones \u00e9taient enlev\u00e9s \u00e0 leur famille et \u00e0 leur communaut\u00e9, souvent \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, et emmen\u00e9s dans des pensionnats dans tout le pays. Beaucoup d\u2019entre eux ne sont jamais rentr\u00e9s \u00e0 la maison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avec la d\u00e9couverte r\u00e9cente de s\u00e9pultures anonymes dans des pensionnats en Colombie-Britannique, en Saskatchewan et au Manitoba, et avec un grand nombre d\u2019enqu\u00eates non r\u00e9solues, nous partageons le chagrin des survivants, des familles de ceux qui ont disparu et des communaut\u00e9s autochtones du monde entier r\u00e9sultant des immenses pertes et traumatismes caus\u00e9s par le syst\u00e8me des pensionnats.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Des responsabilit\u00e9s nous incombent en tant qu\u2019\u00e9tablissement d\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur et d\u2019apprentissage et nous devons prendre le temps de reconna\u00eetre notre r\u00f4le dans un syst\u00e8me d\u2019\u00e9ducation colonial et respecter les recommandations formul\u00e9es dans les Appels \u00e0 l\u2019action de la Commission de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et r\u00e9conciliation du Canada<\/a>. Aujourd\u2019hui, nous vous encourageons \u00e0 porter la couleur orange en l\u2019honneur des victimes et des survivants, \u00e0 vous informer sur le syst\u00e8me des pensionnats et ses s\u00e9quelles, et \u00e0 r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir aux actions que vous pouvez prendre individuellement ou collectivement pour soutenir les efforts de r\u00e9conciliation.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nous esp\u00e9rons que vous pourrez vous joindre \u00e0 nous aujourd\u2019hui<\/a> de 11 h \u00e0 13 h pour comm\u00e9morer les victimes et les survivants des pensionnats, pour r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir aux actions de r\u00e9conciliation \u00e0 York, et pour reconna\u00eetre et honorer la force et la r\u00e9silience des membres de la communaut\u00e9 autochtone.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si cela n\u2019est pas possible, nous vous encourageons \u00e0 prendre le temps d\u2019explorer le site Web<\/a> de la Journ\u00e9e nationale de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et de r\u00e9conciliation de York, d\u2019assister \u00e0 l\u2019un des \u00e9v\u00e9nements organis\u00e9s dans la communaut\u00e9 universitaire et de vous engager \u00e0 apprendre et \u00e0 fixer des objectifs concrets en mati\u00e8re de r\u00e9conciliation.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trouvons ensemble des moyens de d\u00e9coloniser nos pratiques et nos syst\u00e8mes et assurons-nous d\u2019apprendre et de comprendre les effets continus de l\u2019histoire coloniale du Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nous savons que cette journ\u00e9e \u2014 ainsi que les \u00e9v\u00e9nements et les messages qui y sont associ\u00e9s \u2014 peut provoquer des traumatismes chez de nombreux membres autochtones de notre communaut\u00e9, en particulier chez les survivants ou ceux qui ont des liens personnels ou familiaux \u00e9troits avec les exp\u00e9riences v\u00e9cues dans les pensionnats. Nous invitons tous les membres de notre communaut\u00e9 \u00e0 faire preuve de bienveillance les uns envers les autres. Les survivants et les personnes touch\u00e9es peuvent obtenir du soutien aupr\u00e8s de la Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society<\/em> au 1-800-721-0066 ou avec la ligne d\u2019\u00e9coute t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique en tout temps au 1-866-925-4419. Il existe \u00e9galement de nombreuses possibilit\u00e9s de soutien pour la communaut\u00e9 de York : vous trouverez notamment une liste sur le site de la sant\u00e9 mentale et du bien-\u00eatre<\/a> \u00e0 York et dans le cadre du Programme d\u2019aide aux employ\u00e9s et \u00e0 la famille<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miigwech. Merci. Thank you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhonda Lenton\u00a0
Pr\u00e9sidente et vice-chanceli\u00e8re\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheila Cote-Meek\u00a0
Vice-pr\u00e9sidente de l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9, des personnes et de la culture\u00a0
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