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5th annual Truth and Reconciliation Day marked by events in Ottawa, Toronto

Today is the fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a day where Canadians reflect on the legacy of residential schools and remember the survivors and those who never made it home. The residential school era refers to a period between 1857 and 1996, where 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend church-run, government-funded schools where they were barred from speaking their languages in institutions often rife with abuse, located far away from their families and communities. An estimated 6,000 children died while attending the schools, although experts say the actual number could be much higher. Sept. 30,

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