.  Board of Directors Special Meeting

The Board of Directors will be holding a special meeting on Monday, October 4th, 2021.  Please note that the agenda below is in French only.

Rencontre extraordinaire: Ordre du jour

.  National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30.

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day that honours the children who survived Indian Residential Schools and remembers those who did not. This day relates to the experience of Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwpemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, on her first day of school, where she arrived dressed in a new orange shirt, which was taken from her. It is now a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.

On September 30, we encourage all Canadians to wear orange to raise awareness of the very tragic legacy of residential schools, and to honour the thousands of Survivors. 

.  2021 Edition of the Fête des franco-ontariens

You are invited to join the 2021 celebrations of the Fête des franco-ontariens.  Among the activities, the ''Festival Franco'' will take place on September 24th and 25th at Major's Hill Park in Ottawa. For more information, please visit:  https://ffo.ca/

See you soon!