National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

When

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Start Time: 12:00 pm
End Time: 4:00 pm

Where

Mission Park
15 Mission Avenue ↗

Organizer

City of St. Albert

Cost

This is a free event.

What's Happening

We respectfully acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 territory, traditional lands of First Nation and Métis peoples. As treaty People, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, we share the responsibility for stewardship of this beautiful land.

Join us for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Mission Park this September 30 to honour the survivors of and the children who never returned home from residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Enjoy guest speakers, knowledge keepers, performers, local artisans, exhibits, and food vendors. Join others from the community for an Honour Walk from Mission Park to Kâkesimokamik/The Healing Garden.

Public parking is available here

Event Poster

Schedule of events

12 p.m.	Event Begins
12 p.m.	Honour Walk begins at Mission Park Arch
1 p.m.	Speakers, History, and Sharing
2 p.m.	Inuit Throat Singers: Jana Angulalik & Brittney Porter
2:30 p.m.	Red Willow Métis Dancers with Fiddler Colten Bear
3 p.m.	First Nations Showcase with Alexander Drum Group
3:30 p.m.	Honour Song & Closing Round Dance

Featuring:

Métis Wolfpack Creeations
Aunty Carms' Creeations
Red River Bannock Company
Brenda’s Cree-ative Collections
Art by Rosana
Kokum Hobbies
Linda Wright
Strawberry Skye Creations
Lakota Artist Jackie
Maddy Shea
Bee Lightning Designs
Métis Rose Art
Valli Cunningham Métis Art
Tipiyawe
Red Willow Métis Dancers with Fiddler Colten Bear
First Nations Showcase with Alexander Drum Group
Inuit Throat Singers: Jana Angulalik & Brittney Porter
and more!

Hear Our Voices: Michel People and Residential Schools

Join us at the Little White School House on September 30 for the Hear Our Voices: Michel People and Residential Schools exhibit. Brought to you by The Friends of Michel Society, in collaboration with the Musée Héritage Museum and the City of St. Albert. Michel People share their stories as direct Survivors and intergenerational Survivors of Residential Schools. The exhibition also provides information about Residential Schools and focuses on those institutions where Michel’s children were taken. For some people of the former Michel Band #472, this is the first opportunity to share their experiences outside of their immediate families.