Sunlight lit up the orange shirts and signs lining the walking path near the Indigenous Peoples Garden at Assiniboine Park on Sunday, creating a vivid ribbon of colour through the trees.

Along the circular route, signs were strung between tree trunks. Some shared snapshots of colonization and residential school history, while others highlighted the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 10 principles of reconciliation.

Participants stopped at each station as elder Marilyn Sinclair of Hollow Water First Nation guided the conversations. The first annual Reconciliation Walk invited people to learn, reflect, and consider how non-Indigenous communities can help bridge the gap from Canada’s dark history and move forward ahead of Tuesday’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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