On the 29th local time, Ottawa, the capital of Canada, held a flag-raising ceremony for boarding school survivors to commemorate the 150,000 Aboriginal children who were forced to be sent to boarding schools, as well as their survivors and their families, communities and thousands of Jaya. People who can't go home.
Canada's boarding school system is a shameful part of Canada's history that robs Aboriginal children of their childhoods, attempts to assimilate them, and forces them to give up their language, culture, spirit, tradition and identity, the Prime Minister's Office press release said.
Many suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse, and many never returned home.
This effect continues today.
The Government of Canada will support the reconciliation and recovery journeys of Aboriginal groups, and support the search for and memory of missing children attending boarding schools, the communique said.
The Survivor Flag was designed in consultation with multiple Aboriginal groups in Canada, and the flag contains a variety of Aboriginal cultural elements.
The flag will be flown on Canada's Parliament Hill until 2024.
(Headquarters reporter Zhao Miao)