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Our 2025 Lunch and Learn sessions were aimed at an adult audience, and were open to the public. Expert matter speakers presented for 40-50 minutes before a Q&A between the moderator and guest(s).
Sessions are available to watch on YouTube in English, French, and ASL interpretation.
These webinars were presented with the gracious support of Enbridge and the Canadian Public Health Association.
Lunch & Learn
Monday, September 22, 2025
Surviving the Residential School System
English with French interpretation.
This session will consider the reason why we say “Survivor” rather than “graduate”, and how many Survivors of residential schools found solace through the media of sports and the arts. Artist and residential school Survivor Antoine Mountain and author Janice Forsyth will be joined in conversation with moderator Dr. Vanessa Watts.
Lunch & Learn
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Uncovering the Truth: Ground Searches
English with French interpretation.
This session will look into the technicalities of what a ground search constitutes and many of the questions around why and how they should be done. The conversation will combine the lived experience of residential school Survivors Francis Dickie Yuzicapi and Jacquie Bouvier with the technical expertise of moderator Bryton Bigelow.
Lunch & Learn
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
The Ongoing Legacy of the Residential School System through Child Welfare
English with French interpretation.
This session will look at the direct throughline from the residential school system to the Sixties Scoop through to the overwhelming number of Indigenous children in child welfare today, including the directly related aspect of forced and coerced sterilizations of Indigenous women. CFS worker Roxanne Balan will moderate a discussion between residential school Survivor Vivian Ketchum and reproductive justice support worker Shelby Ponace.
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Reflecting on the TRC’s Calls to Action 10 Years Later
English with French interpretation.
This session will reflect on the decade which has passed since the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action were published, including how many of the Calls have been fulfilled and what is still holding back progress. It will feature TRC Commissioner Dr. Marie Wilson, founding Executive Director of the NCTR Ry Moran, and will be moderated by author Connie Walker.
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Corporate Conversations on Reconciliation
This session will bring together several institutions to discuss reconciliation efforts in corporate institutions. Speakers include Dan Adams, Head of Bank of Montreal’s Office of Reconciliation; Nadine Patel, Director of Inclusion and Reconciliation at Sysco Canada; and Keira Cappo, Strategist, Indigenous Partnerships, Policy, and Strategic Initiatives at Enbridge, with moderator Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons.
Lunch & Learn
Friday, September 26, 2025
Confronting Residential School Denialism
English with French and ASL interpretation.
This session will actively confront one of the largest identified barriers to reconciliation: residential school denialism. Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair and residential school Survivor Eugene Arcand will dismantle the most frequent and inaccurate denialist arguments in a conversation moderated by Dr. Sean Carleton.
Me’j Tekweyulkul Kina’matnewe’l wjit teli-Kpma’ltultimk
“We still carry with us the lessons on how to treat one another with the greatest respect”
September 18, 2025 | Halifax, NS
For Teachers & Students (Grades 1-12)
The theme, “The Gifts We Carry,” speaks to the strengths, stories, and wisdom that live within each of us. It reminds us to honour our identities, languages and traditions. These gifts – whether they are talents, teachings from our Elders, or the resilience carried through generations – are meant to be recognized, nurtured, and shared.
Me’j Tekweyulkul Kina’matnewe’l wjit teli-Kpma’ltultimk speaks to “We still carry with us the lessons on how to treat one another with the greatest respect.”
Students heard from residential school Survivors and experienced performances by Indigenous dancers and singer-songwriters. They also heard from Elders, change-makers, knowledge-holders and authors.
For Teachers & Students (Grades 1-12)
To assist teachers, we offered an educational program open to all schools across Canada, that supported free, age-appropriate, education curriculums for students in grades 1–12. Learning topics included the truths, history, and impacts of the residential school system and what learners and educators could do to take action toward reconciliation. These free educational programs were brought to you by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and are still available for viewing via our online portal. Programming is available in English, French, and ASL.
Once inside the portal you can filter content by the tag “2025”, to access content specifically added that year.
