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…
In honour of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we are inviting everyone to share their letters of reconciliation. We want people from coast…
In honour of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation has partnered with the Project of Heart, the Assembly of 7 Generations, and the First…
Join us, at Beechwood Cemetery on August 15th to experience learning history most Canadians were never taught. Run by KAIROS, The Blanket Exercise is an interactive way to understand our…
For over a century, until 1996, the Canadian Government removed at least 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children from their families to place them in Indian Residential Schools created by…
In 2004, Beechwood Cemetery, along with St. George and St. Antony Orthodox Church, entered into an agreement to set aside an area of the Cemetery for their parish. The location…
One of the first things visitors will see when entering the southeast corner of Beechwood Cemetery is a pagoda honouring the ancestors of Ottawa’s Chinese community. Built-in 1995, the red,…
Beginning in 2014, the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation have collaborated with the Indigenous community to create the Reconciling History program. Beechwood has partnered with the First Nations Child & Family Caring…
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