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Parliament Hill event honours, remembers residential school survivors

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation gathering also a chance to remember children who never returned to their families

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon dances and claps her hands in a cheerful moment as Diyet and the Love Soldiers perform “We’re Still Here” to a crowd gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)

By Nunatsiaq News

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, left, and her husband Whit Fraser, right, attend the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)
Children's moccasins and shoes were placed in front of the stage at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day event on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)
A crowd gathered in a sea of orange to honour the survivors of the residential school system and the children who never made it home. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon dances and claps her hands in a cheerful moment as Diyet and the Love Soldiers perform "We're Still Here" to a crowd gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon speaks to Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, at the event on Parliament Hill Monday. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, was also in attendance. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)
Attendees of the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Parliament Hill heard from Inuit, First Nations and Métis residential school survivors on Monday. (Photo by Kierstin Williams)

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