Reconciliation Walk 2025 invites Kingston and Brockville to reflect on truth and healing

The self-guided walks feature a 45-minute wooded path with reading stations outlining the history and impact of Canada’s residential school system.

Kingston and Brockville residents are invited to take part in Reconciliation Walk 2025, a free community event on Sunday, Sept. 28 hosted by Cataraqui Conservation and True North Aid.

The self-guided walks, held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., feature a 45-minute wooded path with reading stations outlining the history and impact of Canada’s residential school system. The experience concludes, weather permitting, around a fire where participants can share reflections and hear survivor testimonies.

In Kingston, the walk begins at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, with bus service available from Montreal Street Park n Go. Programming includes a morning ceremony, storytelling and teachings by Indigenous community members Jennifer Kehoe and Paul Carl, and an Orange Shirt activity.

Brockville participants can join the walk at Mac Johnson Wildlife Area on Debruge Road. Organizers encourage Canadians to honour children who never returned home and to deepen their personal commitment to truth and reconciliation.

Story by Alyssa Brush