National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

English

Etymology

From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Proper noun

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

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

Canadian statutory holiday

Cree: please add this translation if you can
French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation
Inuktitut: please add this translation if you can

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