The syíyáyá Reconciliation Movement is a local initiative welcoming all people living on the shíshálh swíya (homelands) to come together to work together as one for healing of the intergenerational harm done to First People by Canada’s history of cultural genocide and abuse in residential schools. The word ‘syíyáyá’ literally means “family and friends working together” in she shashíshálhem, the language of the shíshálh people.
This visionary movement is a joint initiative of Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents of the Sunshine Coast, offering a local response to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action while also calling for systemic change, provincially and nationally.
The syíyáyá Reconciliation Movement is inspired by and dedicated to the Survivors of Indian Residential Schools and Day Schools.
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