National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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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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