Truth and Reconciliation day

However, it's important to remember that wearing orange shirts and flying orange flags are just the first steps in the long journey before us. Our next steps to ...

The Truth and Reconciliation gatherings being held throughout September provide an opportunity for all community members to listen, learn and reflect on how we can each advance reconciliation in our homes, neighbourhoods, work and throughout our city. Informed by community conversations and leadership discussions, it will call attention to needed investments and commitments to ensure Indigenous Peoples thrive in our city. [Coalition of Hamilton Indigenous Leadership](http://www.chileadership.com) (CHIL) as well as each of the Indigenous agencies in Hamilton have been collaborating with non-Indigenous agencies and government representatives to advance reconciliation through targeted initiatives and investments. To achieve the transformational change the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has called for to address these inequities, our actions must be led and guided by local Indigenous communities and leaders. One such initiative has been through the City of Hamilton’s meaningful investments to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous community members experiencing homelessness in Hamilton. Our next steps to advance reconciliation will require individual and collective commitments and investments.