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This Canada Day is a time for truth, introspection, healing What does Canada Day mean to you?

The answer to that question, for many people, has shifted dramatically over the past month. Canada has long had a global reputation as a peaceful and multicultural country, with citizens taking pride in “the true north, strong and free.”

In late May, however, Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation confirmed the devastating news that the remains of 215 children had been found buried in unmarked graves on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. The remains were detected with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.

Since then, more heartbreaking discoveries have been made on the grounds of former residential schools across the country.

Last week the Cowessess First Nation announced that a search that began earlier this month with ground-penetrating radar had found up to 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Residential School in southeastern Saskatchewan.

A flag flies at half mast in North Vancouver on Friday. The meaning of Canada Day has shifted recently for many people as disturbing discoveries are made about the residential school system.

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Those aren’t just numbers.

Those are children. Those are Indigenous children who were forcibly taken from their homes and families through the residential school system, a network of mandatory boarding schools funded by the government of Canada and administered by churches. At residential school, kids were not allowed to speak their language

or celebrate their culture and were often abused by the adults in charge of the schools.

The recent discoveries of unmarked graves were shocking to many Canadians, and calls have come from across the country for a Canada Day that is less a celebration and more a time for introspection, reflection and healing this year.

For many others, however, the recent news was heartbreaking but not shocking at all. Residential school survivors have spoken for decades about the abuses they faced, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released a detailed report of its findings in 2015.

An estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children attended residential schools between the 1860s and 1996, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission documented stories from survivors and families in its report. The report detailed mistreatment at the schools, including emotional, physical and sexual abuse of children, and said there were at least 4,100 deaths.

For many who experienced the horrors of the residential school system, Canada Day likely never felt like a day of celebration.

So where do we go from here?

What does Canada Day mean now?

Those questions won’t get a definitive answer this year, or the next or the next. As July 1 comes and goes this year, we all will still be processing the disturbing news

– with more grizzly discoveries surely to come – and reacting in our own ways.

And react we must – this is part of the story of Canada, and it can’t be ignored. But perhaps this should not be thought of as the end of Canada as it has long been perceived, but rather the beginning of a new Canada, a Canada where we work together with honesty and dignity to seek real truth and reconciliation.

We can all read the 94 Calls to Action outlined in the TRC report.

We can donate our time and money and support to organizations working to lift up Indigenous communities and people. We can listen and learn from each other.

The North Shore sits on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish people, specifically the Skwxwú7mesh Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation. This year on Canada Day and beyond, we can all work to understand and support our neighbours. We can work together to build a just and welcoming society for all. That would be a legacy we all could celebrate.

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Canada Day celebrations have not been cancelled on the North Shore, but residents are being encouraged to reflect on the country’s past and to wear orange in support of Indigenous communities.

While some places have decided to “pause Canada Day” after the discoveries of unmarked graves at residential schools, the festivities – with COVID-19 regulations in mind – will still go ahead in North and West Vancouver, but the mayors say they expect it will be quieter than usual.

District of West Vancouver Mayor MaryAnn Booth said in light of the devastating news of the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Residential School in late May, the district considered cancelling Canada Day celebrations.

“However, we decided to take advantage of this opportunity to promote discussion and dialogue,” she said. “[The] news about the discovery of 751 unmarked graves at a former residential school in Saskatchewan reinforces the need for keeping this topic front of mind.”

Seeking guidance, Booth spoke with Squamish Nation leaders and asked for their suggestions as to what the district should do for Canada Day. In response, the

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district created a webpage to help residents learn more about First Nations history, including a link to watch the recommended National Film Board of Canada film We Were Children.

“Canada Day gives us an opportunity to help West Vancouver residents learn about truth and reconciliation, and reflect on how we can do better in the future,” Booth said.

On July 1, from 6 to 7 p.m. there will be live musical performances from rooftops in the Ambleside, Dundarave, and Horseshoe Bay neighbourhoods. At 7 p.m., the district

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is calling for a moment of silence instead of the traditional cheer.

“We encourage you to wear orange and display a message on your window in support of Indigenous communities in Canada,” Booth said.

Meanwhile, both the city and district of North Vancouver leave the organization of Canada Day events to Rotary clubs. Like last year, the Rotary Club of Lions Gate North Vancouver has organized a scaleddown virtual celebration to meet COVID-19 safety protocols, which includes a line up of

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“I have been involved with Canada Day celebrations on the North Shore for a long time and there is no question that this year things will be different,” District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little said.

“Canada Day in the district will be quieter and more subdued, due to both the recent news about residential schools and due to the provincial health officer’s public gathering restrictions.”

Reflecting on past years, Little said as a community, the district has always come together to celebrate and were often joined by their neighbours and partners from the Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish Nations.

“From inspiring us with performances to sharing blessings from Elders, their involvement is part of what makes Canada Day in the district so special,” he said. “It is my hope that we continue to share their stories and celebrate their heritage whenever we have a chance and especially as part of future Canada Day celebrations.

“Though we know this year will be different, I expect many district residents will spend the day with family, friends or community, and take time to rest and reflect.”

City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan also encouraged a day of Continued on page B15

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On July 1, 1867, three provinces became one dominion under the name “Canada.” They were: Canada, New Brunswick and ?

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In what year was the song O Canada proclaimed as Canada’s national anthem?

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Canada’s Parliament (legislative branch) consists of three parts. What are they?

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The area around Burrard Inlet, including what is now known as the North Shore, is the traditional unceded territory of what three main First Nations groups?

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What British captain was among the first Europeans to enter Burrard Inlet in 1792?

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In 1923, 16 Coast Salish chiefs signed an amalgamation document to create what First Nation?

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July 1 | Canada Day Following the devastating discovery of the remains of more than 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and the announcement of 751 unmarked graves confirmed to be on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, we have updated our July 1 programme. Canada Day provides an opportunity to come together to reflect on our history and culture.

Please take some time to visit westvancouver.ca/truth-reconciliation to learn more about Truth and Reconciliation and for a link to watch the National Film Board of Canada film We Were Children, by Tim Wolochatiuk.

This year’s Canada Day marks the first time since the pandemic began that many residents are able to see one another again. Join us as we look with optimism at our country’s future, while reflecting on its past.

This is a time to strengthen the ties that unite us, while taking a moment for truthful, reconciling, and inclusive discussion. We encourage you to wear orange and display a message on your window in support of Indigenous communities in Canada.

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Open your windows and listen to live rooftop performances in the Ambleside, Dundarave, and Horseshoe Bay areas. You will be able to hear the bands, but you won’t be able to easily see them. To maintain physical distancing, please do not congregate in the area.

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Please take a moment of silence to consider all that we have to be grateful for, while reflecting on our history and how we can do better in the future.

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CANADA DAY 2021 What does Indigenous Love look like?

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Do we celebrate? Do we protest? Do we pray? Do we mourn? The answer is ‘Yes’

An opinion piece first published in Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21.

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Contributing writer

Ama sq’it (good day), I am Catherine Pascal’s granddaughter and my position in this world is that I am a mixed-race ucwalmicw woman born and raised in the Lil’wat Nation.

My mother is Indigenous, and my father is non-Indigenous. My parents’ life together has been my barometer of true allyship and solidarity in the ever-changing climate of inter-cultural relationships; it hasn’t been easy but the rewards are beautiful.

I identify as a granddaughter, daughter, mother, and everything I do has been influenced by being a Nation member. I am a proud Eagle that graduated from Xet’ōlacw Community School. I am not writing this article on behalf of the Nation, but solely as a writer, in my own voice, with an invested interest to gain momentum toward understanding reconciliatory ideas, thoughts and reflection on my personal experience.

I should also note that as an artist, formally trained in theatre, I have been

Playwright Yvonne Wallace (Ucwalmicw) explores the concept of Indigenous Love.

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working through my life experience in a public way while being mindful of not being perceived as performative, but only with the hope that my struggles and triumphs

have a direct and positive impact on others in my community. The disclaimer is if my share feels like an over share then know that I am reaching out to my target audience, the

Indigenous audience. It is important to note that my understanding of cultural identity is not some old, long-ago ideology: I am living proof of the ancestors this country’s oppressive systems could not eradicate.

We recently passed our summer solstice.

In our Nation, harvesting calendars have changed over time. We have had to learn and relearn the rhythms, patterns and signs of harvest since I was a kid in the 1980s. My whole life I feel has always been in constant readjustment. My first “Aboriginal Day” celebration 25 years ago looked very different than it does now. In 1996, I called a friend who lived at home while I was a newbie Torontonian.

“Hi, I got back from the [Canadian National Exhibition], and we celebrated Aboriginal People’s Day!” I said. “I haven’t seen so many beautiful outspoken First Nations all in one place before.”

I probably said “Indians” because I was talking to an Indigenous person, but I digress. My friend responded, “What’s Aboriginal People’s Day?” I had quickly learned B.C. needed time to catch up with our Eastern counterparts.

In 1996, I felt a shift from being invisible Continued on page B13

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Celebrating a personal choice Continued from page B12 to being public; I felt publicly proud to be Aboriginal, First Nations, and now Indigenous. Never mind that the word Indigenous took over 20 years to negotiate as the collective term for us to be identified as.

We celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, summer solstice.

This year the elephant in the country is the recent findings at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, and other locations across the country, that have devastated myself, and my loved ones.

Do we celebrate this year? Do we protest? Do we pray? Do we get angry? Do we mourn? The answer, I feel, is “yes.” You do what you need to do to register the impact.

It is a personal choice. You deserve the right to individuality; you deserve to do what you need to do to gain personal peace in your Indigenous reality. It has not been easy, and finally, finally, the rest of the world knows our Indigenous truth across Turtle Island (an Indigenous term for North America).

In our Lil’wat realm, we have been telling stories from one generation to another, since time out of mind. The difference in Indigenous knowledge pathways is that we do not question the storyteller; we believe them because we have a tribal, or community agreement that the storyteller is telling

from a place of common interest.

When the stories of Indian residential school survivors were being told, even long before we heard the testimonies of the survivors, we believed their stories. Now that there is evidence, the rest of the peripheral communities are catching up. Now what do we do? Do we move forward? Do we look back? My personal emails and social media have been inundated with messages of support, grief and anger from my non-Indigenous friends, colleagues, and acquaintances.

They are all asking me “How can I support you?” While I ask myself, can I survive this scar reopening? I have been gutted and my wounds have been stirred.

I have always had guilt that I had the luxury of living every day of my childhood at my parents’ home or my grandmother’s home, while my four siblings were forced by court order to attend St. Mary’s Indian Residential School. Imagine feeling guilty about living at home. Silly right? The behaviours and injustices toward my siblings, cousins, and my extended family all felt redirected at me. In my perception of the world, I looked white, I looked like the oppressor, so it only made sense at the time that I would be treated as such.

When I have had the space to tell my story to people from outside my community, Continued on page B14

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My community members are exceptional, despite experiencing much loss

Continued from page B13 they are usually concerned with how my own family could treat me like that, as though the blame was theirs and theirs alone. In my mind, it has always been this country that has been so rooted in oppression that is responsible for my disrupted family ties. I deserve a family the same as everyone else in this country, but my reality is this: if I get close to family, I feel insecure – I feel more comfortable being “othered” than I do feeling welcomed. That is my truth, and I am willing to bet that I am not the only one.

I am not going to whitewash this; I have been invited to write about anything that I wanted to and here it is. I am attempting to articulate the impact of the recent findings, with my personal experience and make sense of this horrific past, all while looking for a way to celebrate my Indigenous. It is not enough to say that we are resilient, because frankly I am tired of being resilient.

When can we be seen as an equal to our non-Indigenous counterparts?

There it is, the question of equality.

Perhaps that is the problem. I have been striving to achieve being equal. I graduated from a First Nations school, then Humber College with honours, then Capilano University and now working on my master’s at UBC. I am struggling to define what

decolonizing mind, body, and spirit looks like, because it’s non-linear. Maybe I am not looking for equality but belief in our stories.

Thank you for following my train of thought while I work through this, believing that we have enough, we are enough, and we can live in peace. Maybe, it’s that the rest of society must be honest with their internal dialogue defining the Indigenous person, Indigenous communities, and Indigenous relationships.

I come from a long line of matriarchs and patriarchs who have worked hard and loved unconditionally, all while their children were forcibly integrated into a system of cultural genocide. My grandmother was humble not because she was forced to be, but because that was our way. When we harvested, we harvested enough so that we could show generosity to those who did not have enough. Our women celebrated births, children, coming of age, parenthood, and worked together. Regardless of betrayals we’ve suffered, from systems or from each other, when someone in our community struggles, we all drop our differences and gather to help each other, without financial gain. This is what makes my Indigenous experience exceptional, and this is the private part of the Indigenous experience that the rest of society does not see.

These are general, sweeping statements,

but if I invite you to a conversation and you are non-Indigenous, then I think you are non-judgmental, and you see me eye-to-eye.

If we continue with our new dialogue, I invite you to a meal; it could be breakfast, lunch or dinner. Feeding people is a basic need, but to us it’s more. We invested our time, finances and labour to make sure your basic needs were met.

This is what I like to say is “Indigenous Love”: caring for you even though my life is a struggle, dropping everything to help you feel as though you belong. It is a generous act because you, as a non-Indigenous person, have been benefitting from a system of oppression towards me, yet I am going to let that go and do better than this country has done to me. It’s that whole rise-above thing, so maybe that does not make me equal, maybe it makes me exceptional. I have been taught to be exceptional, I have a responsibility to be exceptional and so does everyone else in my community. If someone is not behaving exceptionally then maybe it is because their intergenerational trauma is running the show.

My experience is that my community members are exceptional. We suffer many compounded losses every year. I guesstimate that we lose 15 or so people to tragedy per year, so that means since the age of four, I have known, loved and lost more than 600

people over my lifetime and still show up ready to give “Indigenous Love,” like everyone else in my community.

My experience of systemic bias and racism towards me shows me that many non-Indigenous people see me only through a Canadian lens, as something other than exceptional.

In closing, I invite you to hear our language through different ears. Open your heart to our songs and dances because they are a living and tangible evidence that we are exceptional. There is no denying we have lived through many stages of cultural genocide, and yet we still have and share cultural knowledge, our language.

Indigenous Love.

Yvonne Wallace (Ucwalmicw) is a playwright whose plays include Smothered Sweetly, The Last Dance, I will Remember my Language and ustzan (to make things better), a play dealing with language reclamation and her first-language fluency progression. Utszan premiered in Whistler, in 2019, Wallace’s traditional territory and has toured to Dawson City and Whitehorse, Yukon. She is currently working on her master’s in education leadership at UBC and can be found in N’quatqua working on her fifth play, Residential School Residue, a rough draft of which was livestreamed by Arts Whistler on June 29.

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“The past year and a half has been very difficult for people,” she said. “I’m so proud of how this community has come together to support one another. But the truth is we can do better by each other. The past few weeks have called on all of us to reflect further on the impacts of Canada’s residential school system, including the impacts still being felt today.”

Buchanan added that “as a community

we must reckon with this, and commit ourselves to action.”

“This Canada Day is heavier than year’s past,” she said. “That is why I will be spending the day reflecting on further steps I can take to create a more equitable, inclusive, safe, and just community.

“I do hope others join me in that.”

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Although English and French are the two official languages of Canada, what is Canada’s only officially bilingual province?

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The name “Canada” was used officially for the first time in 1791. It was created from an aboriginal word meaning “village.”

The British North America Act was adopted in 1867, making Canada a dominion of the British Empire.

In 1921, King George V decreed red and white to be the colours of Canada. Our national symbols are the beaver, the maple leaf, the maple tree, and the maple leaf tartan. In addition, the RCMP in their red jackets are emblems of Canada for people around the world.

The red and white maple leaf flag was inaugurated in 1965, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

In 1967, as part of Canada’s 100th birthday celebrations, Queen Elizabeth II created the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honorary award.

O Canada was proclaimed Canada’s national anthem in 1980, a century after it was first sung on June 24, 1880.

In 1982, Dominion Day, celebrated on July 1, was officially renamed Canada Day. In 1994, the Parliament of Canada declared ice hockey to be our national winter sport and lacrosse, our national summer sport.

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