Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 will be especially meaningful for people in Brantford, Six Nations, and surrounding area as the former Mohawk Institute Residential School will reopen as an interpretive historic site and educational resource.

“The importance of sharing stories of survivors and this dark chapter in Canada’s history cannot be understated,” said Jake Jamieson, artistic and programming director at the Woodland Cultural Centre. “Since the release of the (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) Calls To Action 10 years ago, there remain numerous calls that have gone unanswered and unaddressed. It is important that these stories are shared because it is evidence of cultural genocide against Indigenous people.”

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