Flags at SMCDSB at Half-Mast
Posted on 05/31/2021
Beginning Monday, May 31, flags at SMCDSB will be lowered to half-mast where they will remain until further notice. This is in recognition of and respect for the senseless loss of the lives of 215 Indigenous children and youth at the residential school in Kamloops, BC.
“The discovery of 215 unmarked graves at a Catholic residential school in British Columbia this past weekend provides us with a heartbreaking reminder of the suffering and loss endured by Indigenous Canadians. Our country’s path to truth and reconciliation is incredibly important and [in June] in particular we invite our Catholic school communities to become inspired by the history, culture and knowledge shared by the First Nation, Métis and Inuit people - they have much to share and we all have much to learn.” — Director of Education, Frances Bagley