{"id":104759,"date":"2025-09-25T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=104759"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:31:50","slug":"taking-steps-toward-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/09\/taking-steps-toward-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking steps toward reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University community members joined the Hadiya&#8217;dag\u00e9nhahs First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit Student Centre for the Walk with Brock on Tuesday, Sept. 23.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-minute walk began outside Residence 8, followed the campus\u2019 main roads to the Niagara Regional Headquarters and returned to its starting point.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were encouraged to wear orange to show their support for reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangeshirtday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange shirts<\/a> are worn in recognition of survivors of Canada\u2019s residential schools and in memory of the children who never returned home. 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