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Jul 1, 2021 | 5:42 PM
Event Speaker Andre Bear Carrying an Orange Flag at Kiwanis Memorial Park for Cancel Canada Day (Payton Zillich/650 CKOM)
Canada Day had a different feeling in Saskatoon for 2021.
People gathered at Kiwanis Memorial Park to support residential school survivors, those who did not make it home and the Indigenous community, as a whole.
The day-long event is called “Cancel Canada Day,” and was put on by Saskatoon’s Chokecherry Studios. Events began at 9 a.m. Thursday and will run until 9:30 p.m.
“We are asking the community to show support for Residential School Survivors & Indigenous Communities across the country by refusing to celebrate 154 years of colonial violence & genocide,” a release from Chokecherry Studios reads.
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The mural, located on Church Street in the city, is called Marguerite d’Youville and Her Mission and was painted in 1992 by mural artist Pierre Hardy.
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A press release issued by the City of Pembroke on June 30 stated that concerns have been expressed by residents and groups, “…due to the objectionable historical nature of the Indigenous imagery shown.”
“It is crucial for us to be respectful of the concerns raised regarding this particular mural and the symbols it represents in our efforts towards reconciliation,” Mayor Mike LeMay said, speaking on behalf of council.
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BRANTFORD-The City of Brantford will change their Canada Day celebrations and implement permanent memorials to honour Indigenous peoples, survivors of residential schools and the children who did not make it home.
Brantford councillors voted to make the changes at a Special Council meeting on June 28 to show their solidarity with Indigenous communities across the country, including Six Nations, while they grieve for the more than 1,300 unmarked graves found in B.C. and Saskatchewan.
“Recognizing that many in our community are struggling with feelings of grief, sorrow and anger over recent discoveries of unmarked graves on the grounds of former residential school sites, and as a result may feel uncomfortable celebrating Canada Day,”
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