Under the skylight of the domed Sacred Space building on the grounds of Beechwood Cemetery, a group of Indigenous young people is meticulously arranging thousands of tiny tiles across the floor. Each tile,…
For the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, history teacher Sylvia Smith says volunteers laid out 57,000 tiles at the Beechwood Cemetery commemorating the history of residential schools. Volunteer…
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Ottawa Thursday to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day was made a federal statutory holiday earlier this year, one…
…Beechwood Cemetery, the National Cemetery of Canada, will mark the day with a two-hour tour designed to show the “educational and contemporary truths” of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples’…
For someone who died nearly 90 years ago, Dr. Peter Bryce sure gets a lot of mail. Bryce was the chief health inspector for the Department of Indian Affairs who,…
Support the RCMP Veterans’ Historical Wall by purchasing one of the many options available to you. The intent of the RCMP Veterans’ Historical Wall is: to profile the contributions of…
The RCAF marked the 81th anniversary of the #attle of Britain today with a ceremony held at Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario. The event was an opportunity to…
It’s not uncommon to find children’s toys, thank you notes, sacred medicines and fresh flowers surrounding the grave of Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce at Beechwood Cemetery. In 1907, three years…
OTTAWA — For the past two decades, Sept. 11 has been a day that weighs heavy on Georgina McLennan. “You sort of go on with life but on a day…
Dedicated on September 15, 2002, the Beechwood 9/11 Memorial was one of the first 9/11 memorials built. It remains the only memorial dedicated to the Canadians who were killed in…
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