The Children’s Resource Council marked National Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sept. 30 at the High Prairie Children’s Centre. The day started with an opening prayer by an Elder followed by a Kairos Blanket Exercise led by High Prairie School Division Indigenous education coaches Connie Sabo and Keenan Wells. Discussion after the exercise explored the contemporary relationships between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people in the history of Canada. About 60 people participated in the Every Child Matters Awareness Walk around the block.
Young children wore T-shirts marked for the day – Every Child Matters. Left-right, are Tyreese Hamelin, 8, Amelia Hamelin, 5, and Tyler Hamelin, 9.About 60 people participated in the Every Child Matters Awareness Walk. Caregiver specialists Melody Pruden, left, and Tanya Auger, led the group that proceeded in front of the Children’s Centre, the home of the CRC.Tina Isadore, of Driftple Cree Nation, sings Remember Me before the Every Child Matters Awareness Walk.A Kairos Blanket Exercise was part of the National Truth and Reconciliation Day event hosted by the CRC. High Prairie School Division Indigenous education coach Connie Sabo, left, and Keenan Wells narrated the exercise that explores the contemporary relationships between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people in the history of Canada.
