09/29/2026
🧡 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Today, I wear orange in remembrance of the children who were taken from their families, and in honour of the survivors who carried those experiences home with them.
For my family, these aren't stories found only in history books. We had residential school survivors in our family. Their experiences were talked about, remembered and carried through the generations. Those stories became part of what we knew—and part of what we were taught.
I tell my children what I know because I believe remembering is part of reconciliation. I want them to carry those memories and lessons with them throughout their lives, so that the truth isn't lost with the generations who lived it.
As a Métis woman, a mother, and a designer, I understand that culture, knowledge and memory are things we carry forward through what we teach, what we create and what we choose not to forget.
Truth requires us to remember.
Reconciliation requires us to listen, learn and carry that truth forward.
Today, I remember the children.
I honour the survivors.
And I carry the stories forward.
🧡 Every Child Matters.