"Reconciliation is yours to achieve. We owe it to each other to build a Canada based on our shared future; a future of healing and trust."
- The Honourable Murray Sinclair, LLB MSC IPC
15th Chancellor of Queen’s University
Please join us Tuesday, September 30, 2025 as we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Event details below are updated regularly.
Background
In 2021, September 30th marked Canada’s first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a newly designated day of remembrance to honour victims and survivors of Canada’s Indigenous residential school system. For years, the 30th of September has been recognized as .
In support of this important moment of reflection and learning, the university will be offering activities and opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to learn, engage, and act toward advancing reconciliation both on and off campus.
An important aspect of Truth and Reconciliation work is committing to your own awareness and self-education of the complex histories as well as ongoing issues facing Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island. With this, we encourage you to use the below resources as well as sources of information you discover on your own, to learn more, each day. Please read and sign the commitment to reconciliation .
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Working Group
The work done on campus leading up to September 30th is lead by the NDTR Working Group. This working group put thoughtful plans and actions toward reconciliation efforts at Queen’s University in a manner that engages community during the week of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and throughout the year.
For more information, please review the NDTR WG Terms of Reference.
Events and Learning Opportunities
Please check back in September for more planned events. Events are open to all members of the QU community unless stated otherwise.
To submit your event to this list, please fill out .
Orange T-shirts on Campus
This year, t-shirts will be made available the week prior to September 30th, as well as on September 30th for purchase for the Queen's community. The payment method will follow a sliding scale from $5 to $20, please give what you are able to. Payment will be card only. Non-perishable food donations will also be accepted as payment at the booths. A portion of the proceeds and all food donations will be donated locally to Indigenous organizations.
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For anyone interested in volunteering at an T-Shirt Pop Up Booth, please email indigenous.initiatives@queensu.ca
Resources
The following resources will help provide education, understanding, and awareness on Indigenous history, current issues, etc.
For a full list of resources, please click here.
Indigenous Organizations
The following are local and province-wide organizations, Indigenous communities, etc. for you to be aware of.
To view more organizations, please click here.