Every Child Matters

#EveryChildMatters is honouring those who survived residential schools in Canada as well as remembering those who did not. Our goal is to educate.

[Ottawa Catholic School Board @OttCatholicSB]

🧡Every child matters 🧡
Let's come together as a community and show our support by commemorating Orange Shirt Day one day early this year! Join us in honouring the path towards reconciliation and a better future for all. #ocsbReconciliAction #ocsbIndigenous @ocsbIndigenous

[Native Child & Family Services of Toronto @NCFST]

#NeverForgotten
Let us continue to honour & remember the lives of the children who never returned home from the many Indian Residential Schools across Canada. We continue to keep their families & communities in our thoughts and prayers 🧡🧡🧡
#215KamloopsIndianResidentialSchool

[A7G @A7G_Official]

We put up a mural at our social enterprise/storefront “Adaawewigamig”in the Byward Market. Miigwetch Jenni for sharing your artwork with us and everyone for helping.

📍55 Byward Market Square (Ottawa)

[Indigenous Link @Aboriginal_Link]

RT @AnishNation: You Are Not Alone - Gaawiin Nchke Gda'aasii
Help us help others by sharing this list of helpful resources for anyone struggling or in crisis

[KM @MMgflu]

what a race 🤩 not a PB but it was an emotional race where I ran for worthy cause : #everychildmatters it was very hot for the last 8 km. I am very happy 😍 thank you for your exceptional support 🥰 happy Sunday @OttawaRaceWknd @EveryChildMttrs

[S.A. Lawrence-Welch | ᐅᒐᓂᓴ @LawrenceWelchNW]

Many non-Indigenous people will be acknowledging Orange Shirt Day for the first time this year.

So I wanted to share a few important points / thoughts:

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

Another important post from @/TheIndigenousFoundation on Instagram. #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay #Reconciliation #NDTR2021 #OrangeShirtDay2021

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From @/TheIndigenousFoundation on Instagram. #EveryChildMatters #OrangeShirtDay #OrangeShirtDay2021

[Laurel MacDonald Boucher (she/her) @Macbouch]

Looking for books to help students understand Truth&Reconciliation? Here are 48 books by Indigenous writers to read⬇️ ⁦@ocsbindigenous⁩ ⁦@ErinPelhamDoak⁩ ⁦@OCSBSuccess⁩ ⁦@JJuaneOCSB⁩ ⁦⁦@ocsbLearnComms⁩ https://t.co/CxKaaNQ926

[Native Child & Family Services of Toronto @NCFST]

We invite you to join us on September 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, for a webinar. To mark the day we'll announce important new commitments dedicated to our continuing journey to decolonize Indigenous child welfare services.

Registration:https://t.co/qg70Gb7J7a

[Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs @AMCMBChiefs]

"We are filled with sorrow. We are triggered. 751 more unmarked graves. The survivors have always told the stories, it just took this long for the world to listen." - Grand Chief Arlen Dumas #FirstNations #EveryChildMatters #ResidentialSchools #Canada #751more #Saskatchewan

[National Association of Friendship Centres @NAFC_ANCA]

We have put together a Resource List for those who may be struggling after the traumatic discovery of of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Mental health supports are vital to ensure that trauma is not life-lasting.
View the list: https://t.co/DKWOqsEEGt

[Ottawa Catholic School Board @OttCatholicSB]

Let us #PrayTogether for the 215 children whose remains were found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, BC. 🙏🧡

All #OCSB buildings will lower their flags as a sign of collective mourning. The flags will be lowered from May 31 to June 8. #EveryChildMatters

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

We have the information, now what is there left to do? Educating others is the key in working towards Reconciliation. We must honour the survivors through educating others, and remember those who did not survive by wearing an orange shirt. #EveryChildMatters #OrangeShirtDay

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

For more information regarding the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, a link can be found at https://t.co/ajTaIa0gbG pg 7- 8

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

What steps have the government taken to rectify their mistakes in supporting and funding these schools? On March 8, 2008 the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement was issued. One componet of the settlement is that it gave survivors Common Experience Payment (CEP).

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

CEP was a varying amount of money paid to the survivors depending on their eligibility. Each survivor who resided at the school got $10,000 for part or all of the first year, and $3,000 for each part or full year after. This was one of six components.

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

The answer is "All of the Above". According to the Union of Ontario Indians, who based their information on research provided by Karen Restoule, those who attending residential schools had religion forced upon them, were forced to do labour, and experienced sexual assault.

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

It is widely known that those attending residential schools were not treated humanely. Which of the following do you believe happened in residential schools? Answer will be in the replies.

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It is important to note that the federal government has now acknowledged its mistakes in supporting and funding residential schools, and has created Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

[Every Child Matters @EveryChildMttrs]

The last residential only closed in 1996, meaning that some of you may have been alive when an “estimated...150,000 Indian, Inuit, and Metis children” were taken from their homes and forced into residential schools. Did you know that the federal government funded these schools?