{"id":17463,"date":"2023-02-07T13:20:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T21:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=17463"},"modified":"2023-02-07T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:24:05","slug":"national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day for Truth and Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/action\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Action<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2023-02-07\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tuesday February 07 2023<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">National Day for Truth and Reconciliation<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 7, 2023, the B.C. government&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2023IRR0006-000152\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that September 30 will be declared a provincial statutory holiday. Although schools have observed this day the past two years, the&nbsp;<strong>National Day for Truth and Reconciliation<\/strong>&nbsp;will be enshrined in B.C. law to give more people the chance to honour the strength and resilience of residential school survivors and remember the children who never came home. This is another sign of our government\u2019s commitment to lasting and meaningful reconciliation with the Indigenous Peoples of B.C.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the purposes of the school calendar, please ensure that this day is observed as a statutory holiday.&nbsp;Please be aware that boards are required to continue to offer the following hours of instruction in the 2023-24 and subsequent school years: 853 hours for Kindergarten, 878 hours for Grades 1 to 7, and 952 hours for Grades 8 to 12.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any questions about the school calendar submission process, please contact Tracie Carlson, Legislative Coordinator, at the Governance, Legislation, and Workforce Branch at (250) 387-8037 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:educ.schoolcalendars@gov.bc.ca\">educ.schoolcalendars@gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any questions about labour relations implications, please contact your&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpsea.bc.ca\/about-us\/contact-us\/bcpsea-staff-district-liaisons\/\" target=\"_blank\">BCPSEA District Liaison<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 7, 2023, the B.C. government&nbsp;announced&nbsp;that September 30 will be declared a provincial statutory holiday. Although schools have observed this day the past two years, the&nbsp;National Day for Truth and Reconciliation&nbsp;will be enshrined in B.C. law to give more people the chance to honour the strength and resilience of residential school survivors and remember &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[348],"release_date":[797],"division":[],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[298,323],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-17463","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-action","release_date-2023-02-07","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-principals-vice-principals","audiences-secretary-treasurers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/17463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/17463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17642,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/17463\/revisions\/17642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=17463"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=17463"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=17463"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=17463"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=17463"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=17463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}