Each year on September 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, people across Canada come together to honour the children who never returned home from residential schools, the Survivors who did, and their families and communities.
At Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE), we believe reconciliation is not a statement we make once a year. It is an ongoing responsibility.
In this issue of The Arthritis Advocate, Cheryl Koehn explores how the ongoing impacts of colonialism, systemic racism and barriers within healthcare affect Indigenous Peoples living with arthritis. She also looks at how ACE and the broader arthritis community are moving from acknowledgement to “reconcili-action,” and the role each of us can play in turning commitments into meaningful, sustained action.
Read more in this issue of The Arthritis Advocate.
Additional learning resources for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation