Each year, on September 30th, the Watson offices observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, encouraging team members to spend the day deepening their understanding of the history of systemic discrimination faced by Indigenous peoples, and reflecting on and advancing their own reconciliation journeys.

Here are some resources we’ve shared with our team:

Events

• Events (BC) leading up to and on Sep 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024
• Events (Toronto): National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events and resources
• Attend the Remembering the Children gathering on Parliament Hill (Ottawa)

Readings, videos, and webinars:

• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
• Stolen: Surviving St. Michaels – a podcast that brings a difficult history to life.
• Watching Mary Teegee’s For Love on Netflix
• Learning about traditional Indigenous foods
• CMC Canada podcast on Indigenous perspectives in consulting: Indigenous / Non-Indigenous Consulting Perspectives (cmc-canada.ca)
• Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: 94 Calls to Action
• Read the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
• Access virtual programming through National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation: Truth and Reconciliation Week – Taking Truth to Action (nctr.ca)
• Tune into Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild | Live Radio | CBC Listen
• Reflect and learn with you children through What is Orange Shirt Day? | Articles | CBC Kids

Galleries or cultural sites

• Visiting the Audain Art Museum’s incredible collection of Northwest Coast First Nations masks (Whistler)
• Visiting the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC (Vancouver)
• Visit the First Nations Collections – Museum of Anthropology at UBC (Vancouver)
• Visit First Nations in Toronto: Permanent Exhibit at the University of Toronto’s Anthropology department
• Visit The Indigenous Collection | Art Gallery of Ontario (ago.ca) (Toronto)
• Visit First Peoples Hall | Canadian Museum of History (Gatineau, outside Ottawa)