{"id":13133,"date":"2026-06-02T15:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13133"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:37:48","slug":"national-indigenous-history-month-celebrating-first-nations-inuit-and-metis-peoples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13133","title":{"rendered":"National Indigenous History Month: celebrating First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heritage-month-2026-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heritage-month-2026-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heritage-month-2026-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heritage-month-2026-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heritage-month-2026-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heritage-month-2026-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis Peoples across&nbsp;Canada,&nbsp;from coast to coast to coast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month is also an opportunity to reflect, learn, and recommit to reconciliation and the advancement of Indigenous rights. Meaningful reconciliation begins with awareness and action, and each of us has a role to play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way to&nbsp;take action&nbsp;this June is to deepen your understanding of Indigenous histories, rights, and realities. PSAC&#8217;s online course,&nbsp;Walking in Our Truth Together, was developed in collaboration with Canadian Geographic and invites you to explore treaties, Indigenous law, residential schools, MMIWG, and more, at your own pace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also encourage everyone to explore resources from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and consider making a personal or professional commitment aligned with the TRC&#8217;s Calls to Action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start learning today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/walking-our-truth-together\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walking in Our Truth Together<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Together, we can contribute to a more just and respectful future for all peoples in Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: PSAC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis Peoples across&nbsp;Canada,&nbsp;from coast to coast to coast.&nbsp; This month is also an opportunity to reflect, learn, and recommit to reconciliation and the advancement of Indigenous rights. Meaningful reconciliation begins with awareness &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13133\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Indigenous History Month: celebrating First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis peoples&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,12,169,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13133"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13152,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133\/revisions\/13152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}