September 30 marks the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This federal statutory holiday recognizes and commemorates the generations of Indigenous children who suffered and perished under the Canadian residential school system. Over the course of a century, approximately 150,000 Indigenous children were forced into a system of cultural assimilation. This system left a legacy of inter-generational trauma that still haunts Indigenous individuals and communities today. Carters Professional Corporation would like to acknowledge the importance of the Truth and Reconciliation process, and to honour the lost children and survivors of the residential school system.

We recognize that Carters’ Orangeville office is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people, including the Ojibway, Potawatomi and Odawa of the Three Fires Confederacy; Carters’ Ottawa office is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People; and Carters’ Toronto office is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg and the Chippewa, amongst others.

Links to reports from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and to resources from the federal government are included here for those readers who wish to learn more.

​Read the September 2022 Charity & NFP Law Update