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Closed September 30, 2021 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

On Thursday, September 30, 2021, Weir Bowen offices will acknowledge the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by closing operations for the day to "recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools."

In June of 2021, the federal government honored Action 80 of the Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada's Calls to Action: to declare a statutory holiday "to honor Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process."

For more information on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation click here.

Posted on September 29, 2021

INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The lands on which Edmonton sits and the North Saskatchewan River that runs through it have been the sites of natural abundance, ceremony and culture, travel and rest, relationship building, making, and trading for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Edmonton is located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Metis homelands and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuline (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).

Weir Bowen acknowledges the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.