Question by Student Life UTSC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu What does reconciliation mean to you? en-us 2021-09-30 20:40:22 UTC 2025-11-23 02:45:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/660155905/53dcdf07c5f48bcd4bfd991e4042ba20/every_child_matters_logo_3_orig.jpg What Does Reconciliation Mean to You? utscstudentlife https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782513230 2021-09-30 20:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782513230 Sticking to our promises for action instead of masking it as "performative activism". https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782553362 2021-09-30 21:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782553362 Reconciliation means recognizing the truth about our history, repairing relationship, and working together to move forward and re-establish harmony https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782553894 2021-09-30 21:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782553894 To me reconciliation is education https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782553908 Learning about historical facts, the legacy and the experience of indigenous people to create a better community]]> 2021-09-30 21:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782553908 candacenguyen https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782554090 Reconciliation means listening and engaging with Indigenous perspectives. It means mutual respect and understanding. It means not reducing someone's experience to our own understanding of it. ]]> 2021-09-30 21:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782554090 Truth+Healing+Reconciliation+Action https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555474 Today, I've been thinking about my role as a treaty person beyond today...and I'm excited in a positive way to move myself and others into ACTION! Supporting my Indigenous bros/sisters with acts of service, education, advocacy, representation...]]> 2021-09-30 21:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555474 Reconciliation to me means whole heartedly and actively listening as an entry to greater commitments and acts of offering https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555538 2021-09-30 21:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555538 Reconciliation to me as a white person means holding myself accountable to what my ancestors did and to the system that they created that benefits me, in recognition that if I and others can help to mitigate the consequences of anti-Indigenous racism, then we may all create a better future where we can exist together peacefully and inclusively https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555604 2021-09-30 21:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555604 https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555680 Reconciliation to me means truly learning about Canada's real history. Educating, learning and listening.

]]> 2021-09-30 21:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782555680 Including Indigenous voices into everyday spaces and areas of societal interest, and not engaging in stereotypes of Indigenous people, while also trying to educate about them. https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782556253 2021-09-30 21:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782556253 https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782556681 To me, reconciliation means learning from the past, not hiding it. From there, mending the mistakes and finding ways to bring people together.

]]> 2021-09-30 21:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782556681 Reconciliation to me means that as settler, it's my job to engage in genuine allyship. https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557675 2021-09-30 21:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557675 https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557719 Continuing to seek out opportunities to learn, listen, join discussions and invite others to join in the same. Being accountable. ]]> 2021-09-30 21:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557719 https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557770 Educating myself and those in my community about Indigenous issues and doing the work of standing next to Indigenous people to make sure that reconciliation happens, according to their right to self-determination.]]> 2021-09-30 21:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557770 https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557842 Ensuring basic human rights for Indigenous peoples by ending boil water advisories, Land rights, fishing and hunting protection]]> 2021-09-30 21:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782557842 https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782558029 I don't really know what it means in terms of truth and reconciliation day, but to me, reconciliation is making up with my friends and family after an argument or disagreement.]]> 2021-09-30 21:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/utscstudentlife/qtpw8os3pvd4b8zu/wish/1782558029