{"id":4415,"date":"2026-09-30T12:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:06:23","slug":"national-day-for-truth-reconcilliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/national-day-for-truth-reconcilliation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day for Truth &amp; Reconcilliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6821.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6821-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is especially close to our hearts. \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**3 meaningful ways to spend today:**<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udde1**Be informed.** Learn about Indigenous history in Canada, the residential school system and its lasting impact on generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udde1**Participate.** Attend an event in your community or visit Nathan Phillips Square today. Listen, learn and help spread awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udde1**Learn about Orange Shirt Day.** It grew from the story of residential school Survivor **Phyllis Webstad**, whose new orange shirt was taken from her on her first day at residential school. Her story became a powerful symbol of the message **Every Child Matters**.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit **OrangeShirtDay.org** to learn more and help spread awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we listen, learn, remember and honour. \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is especially close to our hearts. \ud83e\udde1 **3 meaningful ways to spend today:** \ud83e\udde1**Be informed.** Learn about Indigenous history in Canada, the &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/national-day-for-truth-reconcilliation\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1681,1430,1706,3320,1626,153],"tags":[325,7,92,2814,3319,2626,672,126,43,4209,3315,3316,6,64,164,3322],"class_list":["post-4415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-don-mills","category-kids","category-open-in-don-mills","category-orange-shirt-day-truth-and-reconciliation-day","category-support-local","category-toronto","tag-dmri","tag-don-mills","tag-east-york","tag-every-child-matters","tag-indigenous-awareness","tag-indigenous-children","tag-karen-millar","tag-karen-millar-team","tag-leaside","tag-national-day-for-truth-and-reconcilliation","tag-orange-shirt-day","tag-phyllis-webstad","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-event","tag-toronto-events","tag-wenjack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4417,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4415\/revisions\/4417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}