National Day For Truth and Reconciliation
WHAT

Special Programming in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

WHEN

Monday, September 29, 2025

Spark will be closed on September 30, 2025 to honour
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

TIME

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

TICKETS

Included in General Admission

Free admission for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) people.

No ID required. Discount will be applied at the front desk.

🧡Join TELUS Spark for a journey towards ReconciliACTION.

On September 29, 2025, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, TELUS Spark will host special programming and offer a safe space to take steps on your own journey towards Reconciliation.

Guided by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s 6 actions of ReconciliACTION, this programming will explore ancestral land, Residential Schools and Indian Day Schools, the 94 Calls to Action, and reconciliation journeys. In the spirit of reconciliation, programming will be led by Settlers.

Please note that some programming may include sensitive themes about the truths of Residential Schools, Indian Day Schools, and Canadian colonialism.

Explore the 6 actions of ReconcilACTION
  • UNDERSTAND

Mapping Legacy​

Explore Residential School and Indian Day School locations through Canadian Geographic’s Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada Floor Map.

Time: 10 AM - 12 PM, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Location: Atrium

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  • EXPLORE

REFLECTIONS

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.

Time: Every 30 minutes​ - 10 AM - 12 PM, 1:30 PM– 3 PM​

​Location: Mini-Dome in Gallery 1​

  • RECOGNIZE

Storybook Nook

Listen to stories from Indigenous authors and illustrators from across Turtle Island.

Time: Every 20 minutes 10 AM - 12 PM, 1:30 PM– 3 PM

Location: Creative Kids Museum and Where We Gather (Brainasium)

In the event of rain, this will be moved indoors

  • TAKE ACTION

ReconciliACTION Forest

What actions do you plan to take on your reconciliation journey?

Write your commitment and tie it to a tree, or program it in a digital tree. Each action adds to the collective forest of reconciliation, showing that together we can create meaningful change.

Time: 10 AM - 12 PM, 1:30 PM – 3 PM​

​Location: Atrium & Steven’s Lab​
  • ONE SKY PROJECT
  • INFINITY DOME

Movie Showing

Experience the captivating world of cultural and Indigenous astronomy with the One Sky Project. This international collaboration explores how the sky connects us all, from ancient stargazers to modern sky-watchers, through short stories that span the globe and time.

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Support for Survivors

🧡 September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.​

The 6th step of ReconciliACTION is TEACH.​

Continue your learnings and pass on what you learn. We are all in this together.

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🧡 Next Steps

  • ​Visit the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to learn how to create your own ReconciliACTION Plan.​ Learn More
  • Attend events across Calgary to honour Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Learn More​

🧡 Continue Learning​

🧡What’s happening in Calgary for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The latest digital immersion experience at TELUS Spark.

Sacred Defenders of the Universe transforms the 3,000 square-foot Digital Immersion Gallery into a graphic novel universe that follows four Indigenous superheroes - Aqueous, Embers, Terra and Aireus - as they seek to bring Earth back in balance from the excess of human ego, represented by the Horned Serpent.  

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