National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

English

Etymology

From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Proper noun

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

1. (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

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