(Ottawa, ON) December 21, 2020 – As 2020 ends, the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) and all its Staff, are wishing everyone a happy holiday and a healthy New Year!

December 21st is the day we celebrate the Winter Solstice. It’s when the sun is farthest from the equator and it is the darkest and shortest day of the year. These seasonal events hold great importance for many cultures, including Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Peoples. We note the changing of the seasons and acknowledge the cycles, and celebrate through ceremony. With the passing of Winter Solstice, we celebrate the rising of the sun in the noon sky as we see the sun strengthening once more, and it symbolizes the return of the warm season and that new opportunities for growth are on the horizon.
Since many Settlers have brought new traditions to Turtle Island that have similar festivities, it is the perfect time of the year for us all to reflect on the past, and look forward to the “new sun” of the next season, and recharge for the future. It is a time to be grateful for all the past blessings, while learning from the hardships so that we can continue to grow in the future.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation would also like to acknowledge their Board Members and give them their warmest gratitude for all their time and their contribution over this past year.

Past and current LHF Board:
– Dr. Marlyn Cook (former Board)
– Elizebeth Hourie-Palfrey (former Board)
– Richard Kistabish
– Adam North Peigan
– Nina Segalowitz
– Dr. Cindy Swanson
– Jonathon Swanson
– Victoria Tenasco

“On behalf of the LHF, I would like to wish everyone a safe and love-filled holiday filled with joy and gratitude. I especially want to thank all of our Board Members for their dedication and want to wish them a happy New Year filled with good health, love and prosperity,” said the Executive Director & In-House Legal Counsel, Teresa Edwards.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation for 20 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing impacts of the Residential and Day School System, Sixties Scoop, and other colonial acts of oppression on generations of Indigenous Survivors, their descendants, and their communities in order to promote healing and to address racism. The LHF works to encourage people to address discrimination and injustice in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.