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DTSTART:20260621T143000Z
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SUMMARY:Walk for Reconciliation 2026
DESCRIPTION:Walk for Reconciliation 2026\nEvent Date: National Indigenous P
 eoples Day | Sunday\, June 21\, 2026Event Time: 8:30 am - 1 pmCost: Free A
 ges: All Ages\nWe invite the community to participate in the 17th annual Wa
 lk for Reconciliation this National Indigenous Peoples Day. The walk starts
  at Harry Hays Building (220 4 Ave SE) and concludes at The Confluence (750
  9th Ave SE).\nThe Walk for Reconciliation is a day to reflect on the diffi
 cult history of this land and honour the survivors\, and the children who n
 ever returned home. It’s a day to recognize the inter-generational impact
 s of residential schools on individuals\, families\, and communities. Held 
 on National Indigenous Peoples Day\, it is also a celebration of the vibran
 t and lively Indigenous communities and cultures that still exist today.\nE
 vent Details:\n8:30 am: Gathering at Harry Hays Building | 220 4 Ave SE\n9 
 am: Start walk at Harry Hays Building | 220 4 Ave SE\n10 am: Walk ends at
  The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland | 750 9th Ave SEA free community m
 eal and coffee courtesy of Tim Hortons East Village will be available for t
 he first 500 participants.\n10:15 am: Outdoor gathering with speeches\, tr
 uth telling from residential school survivors\, and performances by drummer
 s and dancers.\n11 am - 1 pm: Community programming\, including learnings f
 rom a Treaty 7 Elder\, Indigenous games\, free admission to The Confluence 
 Cultural Centre and activations at Calgary's oldest building\, Hunt House.\
 nThank you to our partners for supporting this event and making this gather
 ing possible: Trellis Society\, Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary\, 
 and Bow Valley College. Thank you to The City of Calgary at the Team at 
 Tim Hortons East Village for supporting the walk.\n \nWhy We Walk\nFrom 18
 83 to 1996\, upwards of 150\,000 children were put through the federal resi
 dential school system in Canada. First Nations\, Métis and Inuit children 
 were removed from their homes and families and underwent a violent removal 
 of their identities and culture.\nChildren who attended these schools were 
 subjected to all forms of abuse\, and there were many children who never re
 turned home. As determined by the Canadian House of Commons in October 2022
 \, these church-run and federally funded schools were an attempted genocide
  of Indigenous Peoples to gain control of land and resources.\nOn June 11\,
  2008\, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered a full apology on beha
 lf of Canadians for the Indian Residential School System. After decades of 
 this violence and loss being minimized\, unacknowledged or outright denied\
 , this apology was a monumental step towards truth.\nThe Walk for Reconcili
 ation is a day to reflect on the difficult history of this land and honour 
 the survivors\, and the children who never returned home. It’s a day to r
 ecognize the inter-generational impacts of residential schools on individua
 ls\, families\, and communities. Held on National Indigenous Peoples Day\, 
 it is also a celebration of the vibrant and lively Indigenous communities a
 nd cultures that still exist today.\n \nLearn more about this event on th
 e official event page →\n \n \n\nhttps://www.visitcalgary.com/events/w
 alk-for-reconciliation-2026\n\nhttps://www.showpass.com/wfr-2026/
LOCATION:The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland\, 750 9 Ave Se\, Calgary\,
  Alberta\, T2G 5E1
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