National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Proper noun edit
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- (Canada, holidays) September 30th; A statutory holiday in Canada, for the recognition of the cultural genocide of indigenous peoples in Canada enacted by the colonizers, especially that caused by the residential school system; declared as a law in 2020, and first observed in 2021.
Coordinate terms edit
- Orange Shirt Day (a coincident observance in Canada that predates the national holiday, first observed in 2013, though the first observance was not on September 30)
Translations edit
Canadian statutory holiday
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