Honouring survivors of residential schools

Robin Rowland 
Haisla Nation members who survived residential schools, at Riverlodge, Kitimat, BC, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Sept. 30, 2025. (Robin Rowland)

The Hailsa Nation and the Kitimat community gathered at Riverlodge on September 30, 2025, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliaton, also known as Orange Shirt Day, to honour the survivors of residential schools and hear their stories.

One of the speakers told the audience that there is a need to honour all survivors of all kinds all over the world, to hear their stories and to honour them.

Haisla Nation members who survived residential schools, at Riverlodge, Kitimat, BC, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Sept. 30, 2025. (Robin Rowland)
The Haisla Braid singers and drummers at the Reconciliation dinnner. (Robin Rowland)
The Haisla Braid singers and drummers at the Reconciliation dinnner. (Robin Rowland)
After the dinner, the survivors were honoured once again and those who were able, told their stories of their time in the awful institutions. (Robin Rowland)

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