Read the 94 “Calls to Action” from Canada’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission. You can read all 94 Calls to Action, and a summary of the state of progress of each action to date, in this CBC News interactive called Beyond 94.
Take a family road trip to a culturally significant Alberta site:

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, in the center of Nitawahsin – known as Blackfoot original land.
Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site, located in the Porcupine Hills of Southern Alberta, near Fort Macleod.
Nose Hill Siksikaitsitapi Medicine Wheel – traditionally a lookout spot to keep watch over the rolling land below; old stone circles once used to hold down tipis are still scattered about the hillside & the Medicine Wheel is a modern landmark, a tribute to the historical and spiritual connection between the people and the land.

Listen to songs that help us better understand the history and legacy of residential schools. This playlist of Indigenous artists is accompanied by lyrics which allow the artists’ words to speak for themselves: 10 Songs from Indigenous Artists that Document their History Through Song
For the entire day, CBC is sharing Frist Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives and experiences from across the country. These stories will be broadcast across CBC TV, CBC News Network, CBC.ca, CBC Kids, CBC Radio One and CBC Music including a commercial-free primetime broadcast special, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The APTN Lumi app – which features a large selection of Indigenous films, TV shows and documentaries in more than 20 Indigenous languages, as well as English and French — has curated a collection centred around the day.
The National Film Board of Canada has a selection of short and feature films about the impact of residential schools in this country, and most are free to watch.
Read a book by an Indigenous author. Cree author David A. Robertson has created a list of 48 books by Indigenous writers you can read to better understand residential schools.
Drum for the children. Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc is inviting people around the world to gather and sing at 2:15 p.m. PT for the missing children of residential schools as "a way for people to connect, support and ground into the importance" of Sept. 30, 2021. The nation is encouraging people to learn the Secwépemc Honour Song in order to drum and sing in unity; you can find the words here. You can find more info on their site here.
The Orange Shirt Society encourages people to wear orange on Sept. 30, the day observed as Orange Shirt Day, to both honour and raise awareness about the tragic history of residential schools. The day is inspired by the experience of Phyllis (Jack) Webstad, a Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation elder in Williams Lake, B.C., whose orange shirt, given to her by her grandmother, was taken away from her on her first day at a residential school, when she was six.
Seek out local events that you can attend (in person or virtually) on the day, such as the CIFRS Truth and Reconciliation Indigenous Art Exhibit at Southcentre Mall in Calgary

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