We came together to honour and acknowledge our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.
We heard the invitation of TRC Commissioner Justice Sinclair: “Pick one” of the 94 Calls to Action. One young person committed, with love, to Call to Action #22:
We call upon those who can effect change within the Canadian health-care system to recognize the value of Aboriginal healing practices and use them in the treatment of Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Aboriginal healers and Elders where requested by Aboriginal patients.
Together we committed to over 50 different Calls to Action and we raised over $1,000 for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
To remember our commitment to reconciliation each and every day, we silk screened Dukdukdiya, the little hummingbird, to an orange flag. Dukdukdiya reminds us to “Do what we can”. Reminds us that reconciliation requires reconciliACTION that creates a ripple effect in our communities. We created a strong and heartfelt ripple on a sun kissed day.
Thank you Michael Nicol Yaglandas for gifting us your beautiful illustration of Dukdukdiya, from Parable of the Hummingbird. Thank you Bryan Baker for etching Dukdukdiya on the silk screen. Thank you Krista Hennebury for sewing up all those orange flags. Thank you to the Bowen Island Public Library and the Hearth Gallery for hosting us at the Eagle Gathering Stage.
Thank you Helen Taylor for bringing us your oh so yummy hummingbird cake. We loved every tasty bite.
Thank you to the Social Echoes, Simon Fraser University alumni students, and their families for their on-going commitment to the TRC calls to action.
Thank you to everyone who came out. The ripple effect of all the hummingbirds, doing what you can, is felt in our community.
