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EIPS Students and Staff Wear Orange for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Elk Island Public Schools Submitted To commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, now recognized as a federal holiday, students and staff throughout Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) are wearing orange T-shirts to school today. The day coincides with Orange Shirt Day and is intended to remind Canadians about the history of residential schools, remember the victims and honour the survivors. The actual day takes place on September 30, which the EIPS Board of Trustees declared a division-wide school-closure day. “We’ve honoured Orange Shirt Day and its importance for a few years already,” says Trina Boymook, the Board Chair of EIPS. “Now that the day is recognized federally as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it makes sense to also officially recognize it division-wide. Collectively, we have a long way to go in our journey of reconciliation, so this is another way of continuing the conversation and facilitating a deeper understanding.” Orange Shirt Day is inspired by the experience of residential school Survivor Phyllis Webstad, who attended the St. Joseph’s Mission School in British Columbia in 1973. Webstad’s grand-
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Mundare School students. (Mundare School/Submitted Photo)
mother gave her a shiny new orange shirt to wear on her first day of school, which she wore with pride. When she arrived at school, her new teachers took the shirt, along with the rest of her clothes. Her story symbolizes the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit children over generations. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours the spirit and intent of Orange Shirt Day and fulfills the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action No. 80. “Because education is an important step on the road toward reconciliation, as outlined by the TRC’s Calls to Action, the orange shirt is an easy way to
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start the conversation with students,” says Boymook. “It’s an entry point, it helps build empathy, and it’s a way to continue to make reconciliation an active practice in our schools, offices and communities.” In addition to wearing orange, schools throughout EIPS spent the week leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation engaging in activities to deepen knowledge and understanding around the historical and ongoing impacts of residential schools and other acts of colonization. Activities included stories of Survivors, smudging ceremonies, lessons about the context of residential schools within our shared history, and engaging in the topic through art, storytelling and dialogue.
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Local Jurisdiction: Town Of Mundare, Province Of Alberta
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Notice is hereby given
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A. That an election will be held for the filling of the following offices:
A. That an election will be held for the filling of the following offices:
Office:
Number of Vacancies
Office:
Number of Vacancies
Mayor
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Mayor
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Councillor
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Councillor
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A. That an election will be held for the election of a Senate Nominee for the purposes of the Alberta Senate Election Act,
A. That an election will be held for the election of a Senate Nominee for the purposes of the Alberta Senate Election Act,
B. That a vote of the electors will be held on the following referendum questions under the referendum act: 1. Should section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 – Parliament and the government of Canada's commitment to the principle of making equalization payments – be removed from the constitution? 2. Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?
B. That a vote of the electors will be held on the following referendum questions under the referendum act: 1. Should section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 – Parliament and the government of Canada's commitment to the principle of making equalization payments – be removed from the constitution? 2. Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?
Voting will take place on Monday, October 18, 2021, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Voting stations will be located at
Voting will take place on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Voting stations will be located at:
Mundare Recreation Centre 5116-50 Avenue Mundare, AB T0B 3H0 In order to vote, you must produce identification for inspection. The identification must be one or more of: Government issued identification with a photo or other identification showing the name and address of the elector-ex government cheque, bank statement, utility bill as required by section 53 of the Local Authorities Election act. Please note that the Town is also using special ballots. Please contact the Town office at 764-3929 for further information. Dated at the Town of Mundare in the Province of Alberta this 30 day of August, 2021 Lisa Euchuk Returning Officer
Town of Mundare CIVIC Centre 5128-50 Street Mundare, AB In order to vote, you must produce identification for inspection. The identification must be one or more of: Government issued identification with a photo or other identification showing the name and address of the elector-ex government cheque, bank statement, utility bill as required by section 53 of the Local Authorities Election act. Please note that the Town is also using special ballots. Please contact the Town office at 764-3929 for further information. Dated at the Town of Mundare in the Province of Alberta this 30 day of August, 2021 Lisa Euchuk Returning Officer
