Media advisory - Governor General to host youth at Rideau Hall to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day
OTTAWA, ON, June 19, 2025 /CNW/ - Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will engage in an interactive art activity with youth to honour National Indigenous Peoples Day and launch this season's Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams heart garden at Rideau Hall.
The Governor General and youth will create paper hearts with their own messages of reconciliation, hope and commitment, and will plant them in the heart garden on the grounds of Rideau Hall.
The heart garden remembers the First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who died in the Canadian residential school system, and those who survived. Each heart is a symbol of our collective responsibility to listen to and carry forward their stories—of pain and disappointment, strength and courage—and to commit to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action.
Learn more about the heart garden.
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