Week of Reflection

The week of reflection allows us to come together as a community, broaden our understanding and commit to our continued education to transformative decolonization leading to reconciliation (USask Uplan 2025).

Please take the time during the week of reflection to acknowledge the orange lights in the bowl and on buildings. Additionally, the bowl will be lined with new orange banners inscribed with the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada as well as purple banners etched with the Calls for Justice from the Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

In addition to the new installations across campus, all members of the University of Saskatchewan (USask) community are asked to wear an orange shirt during the week of September 23-30^th as a symbol of your commitment to, and active participation in reconciliation. The gift of ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan| Indigenous Strategy reminds us that we all are responsible for decolonization and reconciliation.

USask’s Mistatimōk Committee, which encourages our university community to engage in the difficult, but critical work of decolonization and reconciliation, has coordinated this week’s events leading up to National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This week is filled with events and opportunities for learning and growth as a campus community and as individuals.

• On Monday, September 23, we open the Week of Reflection in a good way, with a celebration at 11am at Convocation Hall. An installation from the Blanket Project will be on display.
• The CUPE 1975 Diversity Committee and the Mistatimok Committee have come together to offer the opportunity to listen and learn through traditional Knowledge Keeper and storyteller, Lyndon Linklater on Thursday, September 26. The event takes place from 4 to 5 pm at Neatby-Timlin Theatre, 241 Arts. Attendees are asked to wear orange, and cell phones must be put away for the duration of the event. Refreshments to follow. 
• Huskie Athletics will present a schedule of athletic events featuring special programming. Athletes will wear orange in honour of residential school survivors and their families. September 27 is a home game for Huskies football and will feature orange-themed fireworks at Griffiths Stadium in Nutrien Park. On September 28, the Dakota Classic, at Dakota Dunes Resort, will mark the start of the Huskie cross country competitive season. This event honours residential school survivors with athletes wearing orange singlets in partnership with Saskatchewan Aboriginal Track and Field.
• Over the weekend, from September 29 to September 30 the Saskatoon Tribal Council is hosting the “Every Child Matters” – In Honour of Reconciliation Pow Wow at Sasktel Centre. Admission is free.

For a full list of events visit NDTR webpage.