Special programming all day in support of truth and reconciliation
Saturday, September 30
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
General Admission: $26
FREE for First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples
🧡 What can we do?
Participate in Orange Shirt day. #PhyllisWebstad is the Founder and Ambassador of the Orange Shirt Society. It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission residential school, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually.
Read and learn about the history of residential schools, donate to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS hotline, 1-800-721-0066) and attend an Orange Shirt Day event in your area. Celebrate the strength and resilience of Indigenous people every day.
🧡 Resources:
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html
Learn about conciliation from the Spark Indigenous Advisory Circle:
Diana Melting Tallow (Siksika)
Alice Kaquitts (Îethka Nakoda)
Hal Eagletail (Tsuut'ina)
Rob Cardinal (Siksika)
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: Infinity Dome theatre
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada Floor Map.
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Feature Gallery North
Four Faces of the Moon: Follows Fawn, a witness to the many atrocities committed by the settler, as she weaves through time and learns who she is.
How to Steal a Canoe: The story of a young Nishnaabeg woman and an Elder rescuing a canoe from a museum and returning it to the lake it was meant to be in.
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Feature Gallery South
Find out who shares your home with this interactive map.
Location: Infinity Dome theatre
Listen to stories from Indigenous authors and illustrators from across Turtle Island.
CKM: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM
WWG: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM
Location: Creative Kids Museum and Where We Gather (outside)
What actions will you take next? Tell the tree ancestors by tying your action on a ribbon.
Location: Atrium South and Brainasium Outdoor Park
Or leave a message for others to see upstairs.
Location: Steven's Lab
Since the last Ice Age, First Nations people have lived among the bears in the Great Bear Rainforest. Their living history is inseparably connected to the vibrancy of the rainforest, which they have protected for thousands of years.
Catch this incredible film showing in the Infinity Dome theatre all day. (outside of the Elder talk at 1:00 PM)
Learn MoreSpark is grateful to TD Ready Commitment and Imperial for their generous support of Indigenous science programming.
Spark is committed to being a science centre that is welcoming and reflective of Indigenous ways of knowing. Your support helps provide access to the science centre and its programs for Indigenous community members.
Donate to Indigenous Engagement Program Fund