Announcing #94in94

Announcing #94in94

In response to the recent discoveries in Kamloops and Brandon, Reconciliation Thunder and Circles for Reconciliation are launching an awareness campaign to help center conversations on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. For each of the 94 days before Orange Shirt Day (September 30, 2021) each of the 94 Calls to Action will be shared on social media in hopes that one day every Canadian will have read the and have chosen at least one to act on.     View the campaign landing page!
A Canadian Genocide

A Canadian Genocide

You likely have heard about the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Residential School in late May 2021. This discovery is on top of the documented more than 4,100 children previously identified by the TRC’s Missing Children’s Project. Some of the remains are of children as young as three years old. Circles for Reconciliation acknowledges these findings and recognizes they are not simply rumours. This is a horrible legacy of our Canadian past. This heartbreaking news is too familiar for many Indigenous families across Canada. Waves of grief continue to flow through many of our Indigenous…

Theodore Fontaine: A Remarkable Elder

Theodore Fontaine died on May 10, 2021. He was an Elder with wisdom, compassion, forgiveness, humility, fearlessness in telling the truth of the past, all coming from a deep sense of pride in who he was and his people. His book, “Broken Circle, The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools” is a remarkable memoir of his years in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School, from 1948-1958 and the Assiniboia Indian Residential School from 1958-1960. For years, he supported survivors and spoke about reconciliation with those who were perpetrators of his abuse. Theodore was also a friend and advisor to Circles…

Thomas Berger

Our video tribute to the life and work of a true Canadian hero, Thomas Berger, who died on May 11 2021. In honouring the life of Thomas Berger, the honourable Murray Sinclair describes how Thomas Berger inspired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to follow his model of going to the people. The TRC interviewed over 6,000 people as it crisscrossed the country. YouTube video link
Canada Life  and Power Corporation Contribute $70,000.00 to fostering meaningful relationships for reconciliation

Canada Life and Power Corporation Contribute $70,000.00 to fostering meaningful relationships for reconciliation

Canada Life and Power Corporation of Canada are pleased to announce a $70,000 contribution to Circles for Reconciliation. The contribution will assist with the project’s national expansion to build meaningful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and advance the process of reconciliation into communities across Canada. “Building strong relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous through awareness, knowledge and conversation is exactly what Circles For Reconciliation aims to achieve,” said Jeff Macoun, President and Chief Operating Officer, Canada, Canada Life. “We’re proud to support this important organization and hope many Winnipeggers and Canadians will seek out an opportunity to participate in a…

A Summer Intern for Circles

A Summer Intern for Circles Circles for Reconciliation was pleased to have Peeha Luthra, a Loran Scholar, as a summer intern for a full three months in 2020. Patricia Barford Mann, a Member of our Advisory Committee in Toronto, had recommended us to the Loran Foundation. The program contacted us to ask if we would like to host and mentor a student for the summer with no cost to our program.  Peeha Luthra, a third year undergraduate, with a double major in English Literature and Political Science at McGill University joined us after interviews. Her maturity, her skills, her creativity…