(Ottawa, ON) – September 29, 2025 – On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, the team is honoured to present a compilation episode that combines some of the very best insights, knowledge and perspectives shared on the podcast to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Through funding support from the Government of Canada, the Roots and Hoots Podcast created a stand-alone episode and accompanying activity booklet for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, entitled A Message to Canadians. The episode weaves together poignant reflections from 16 of our treasured guests, on the topics of the Residential School System in Canada, the Sixties Scoop and Child Welfare System, along with the need to re-write history and uncover more truths, while delving into the transformative processes of healing required for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples across Canada.

To listen to Indigenous Roots and Hoots please visit: https://bit.ly/rootsnhoots
Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/rnhpodcasts
Spotify: https://bit.ly/rnhspotify
Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/rnhgoogle
Amazon/Audible: https://amzn.to/43DaaeI
Podcast Addict: https://bit.ly/rnhpodaddict

The podcast episode and activity booklet can be used together to facilitate conversations around Reconciliation in the workplace, in schools, and among community members, friends and families. “We are thrilled to release a compilation made up of years of great work, stories and insights. We are thankful to all our guests for sharing and feel this is a great opportunity to showcase some highlights from Roots and Hoots over the years and to show how much we’ve grown in both content and quality.” said Teresa Edwards, Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel at LHF.

2025 marks 10 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Final Report. When the path of Reconciliation feels uncertain, it is important to remember the late great guiding light on this journey, Senator Murray Sinclair, and to follow in his legacy.  To close the episode, Errol Ranville of the “C-Weed Band” and founder of the Manito Ahbee Festival in Winnipeg, lent his single “Run As One”. The lyrics remind us of a “social changing tide” and its ripple effects in the here and now and for the generations to come.

The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 25 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate Canadians about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and subsequent Child Welfare System on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to address discrimination against Indigenous Peoples, and to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage Canadians to address discrimination and injustice to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples.

The LHF has 30 educational exhibitions that promote awareness of Indigenous history, which are free to borrow, and we are working on making exhibitions available online. LHF also has curricula for K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, Workshops, and Training, two Podcast series, all aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Child Welfare System, and other colonial acts of oppression. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding to eliminate ongoing racism against Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation in Canada.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Teresa Edwards, B.A., LL.B / J.D.
Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel
Legacy of Hope Foundation
tedwards@legacyofhope.ca