The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

On the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, The Walrus recognizes the importance of raising awareness about the individuals and families impacted by residential schools in Canada. To commemorate this day, The Walrus office will be closed to allow our staff to reflect on the history of Indigenous people in Canada. We encourage you today—and every day—to engage with the stories written and shared by Indigenous speakers and contributors. The topics here include health, language, the economy, and the arts, and feature a range of formats—from podcasts to photo essays to profiles. Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from the Brink BY MICHELLE CYCA Government funding is dwindling. TikTok and Instagram are filling the gap ayistôtawin BY MICHELLE CYCA, TRANSLATED BY DOROTHY THUNDER TikTok ekwa Instagram kiwîcihikon kâwe kâpacihtâhk iyiniw pîkiskwewina ohci metoni iskweyânihk The Conversation Piece: Season 4, Episode 7 Tabatha Bull: We Will Not Achieve Reconciliation without Vibrant Indigenous Economies The Walrus Talks The Walrus Talks at Home: Indigenous Health Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation BY LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON BATHORY My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence Angela Sterritt: Believe Indigenous Peoples’ Stories Yellowknife’s Wildfire Evacuation Was Tailored for the Privileged BY PAT KANE A year ago, about 20,000 people fled the city. For many, the evacuation was more traumatizing than the fires How Connie Walker Got Us Listening Read Michelle Cyca’s profile of the trailblazing journalist, then listen to season two of Walker’s podcast, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s, about her father’s experience of the residential school system The post The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024 first appeared on The Walrus.