CIF Reconciliation Society is an Indigenous led non-profit organization, dedicated to honouring the children of the past, the present & future generations.
Our Vision Statement:
We will Inspire ReconciliACTION through the arts and culture.
Our Mission:
To work in collaboration with other community organizations to deliver art based workshops and events that provide education through Indigenous ways of knowing, and to promote healing and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
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Pop on over to Colouring it Forward’s Event Page to see what’s happening!
Honouring The Children Workshops and Exhhibition In the Media
Indigenous starblanket project in Calgary “brings comfort to people”
By Gil Tucker Global News, September 18, 2023
Calgarians are coming together in a new way to mark this year’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. They’re inviting everyone to join them in carrying on an important Indigenous tradition.
Members of the Indigenous community are creating a traditional star blanket. “Many Indigenous people use it as a form of giving as an honour for any rite of passage – graduation, wedding, birth of a child,” project leader Dale Swampy said.
Project participants are inviting members of the public to join their star blanket-making sessions, creating it as part of their preparations for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30
Read the full article at Global News
Sparrow Artspace is hosting an emotion packed free exhibit at its northeast gallery for the month of September.
It's honouring the lost children and survivors of residential schools and the Sixties Scoop.
Sheila Norris, the executive director of the Colour it Forward Reconciliation Society, hopes the exhibition starts conversation with visitors.
"All of the art in here is so emotional because it does tell a story," she said. "It does tell something about the horrors that we're in, the history but it also has hope."
Read the full article at CTV News Calgary
Thank You To Our Sponsors & Supporters
Land Acknowledgement: Our organization is situated in Mohkinstsis, the area more commonly known as Calgary. In respect we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge that this is the traditional territory of the peoples of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. This region includes the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) Confederacy First Nations of; Siksika, Piikani and Kainai, the îyârhe Nakodabi (Stoney Nakoda) First Nations of; Chiniki, Bearspaw and Good Stoney, the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We would express our gratitude for the stewardship of this land by these Indigenous communities.