The Town of Saugeen Shores, Bluewater District School Board and Saugeen First Nation issued a press release following events this morning held in commemoration of today being the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.
Residential school survivors joined students from G.C. Huston Public School to walk the new Truth and Reconciliation crosswalk in front of the school.
Saugeen First Nation dignitaries, elders and residential school survivors attended the event as well as Town and School Board officials, media, students and staff.
The crosswalk is a joint effort by Saugeen Shores Town Council & the Bluewater School Board to recognize the close relationship between Saugeen First Nation and G.C. Huston Public School and the coming together of two communities.