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The Canadian Press A monument to honour residential school survivors was unveiled in Toronto\u2019s Nathan Phillips Square on Monday, one of dozens of events in Ontario marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The new spirit garden in front of Toronto City Hall comes in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s call for governments to establish publicly accessible, highly visible monuments honouring survivors and thousands of children who died in residential schools. The garden\u2019s centrepiece is a large turtle sculpture positioned in a reflecting pool that has the names of the 18 residential schools that once operated in Ontario inscribed on its north wall. Jordan Carrier brought her children and grandchildren to the square on Monday to take part in the ceremony and for them to \u201clearn more… <\/p>\n

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The Canadian Press A monument to honour residential school survivors was unveiled in Toronto\u2019s Nathan Phillips Square on Monday, one of dozens of events in Ontario marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The new spirit garden in front of Toronto City Hall comes in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s call for governments to establish publicly accessible, highly visible monuments honouring survivors and thousands of children who died in residential schools. The garden\u2019s centrepiece is a large turtle sculpture positioned in a reflecting pool that has the names of the 18 residential schools that once operated in Ontario inscribed on its north wall. Jordan Carrier brought her children and grandchildren to the square on Monday to take part in the ceremony and for them to \u201clearn more... <\/p>\n

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