| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | September 29, 2022 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Quantity | 400,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Series | Truth and Reconciliation |
| Series Time Span | 2022 - 2023 |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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Take home this booklet of 8 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps from the Truth and Reconciliation stamp issue from Canada Post.
First Nations, Inuit and Métis children were forced to attend federally created Indian residential schools, which operated for nearly a century and a half. More than 150,000 children were taken from their families and communities, many never to return home.
This stamp issue is the first in a series showcasing the artistic visions of Inuit, Métis and First Nations artists for the future of truth and reconciliation.
The top left image was designed by Jackie Traverse, First Nation (Lake St. Martin, MB), Anishinaabe, Ojibwe. It represents seeds of change. It features a man and woman, the elders, their children and their grandchildren. The ubiquitous bunchberry is in the centre and represents Canada, with the roots from the seeds reaching to the past. This image emphasizes the need to share the sun, water and the land to enjoy a good harvest.
The top right image was designed by Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona, Inuit, Ukkusiksalingmiut, Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake, NU). Gayle believes each group within Canada has a different responsibility for reconciliation. For indigenous people, the responsibility is to themselves and to others within their communities: learning or passing on our language and culture that was attacked. The image features a woman lighting a qulliq, the traditional Inuit stone lamp used for heat and light, to signify caretaking. She is carrying on in her culture as she has always done, taking care of herself and others and healing.
This image was designed by Kim Gullion Stewart, Métis, Athabasca, AB. Flowers in Métis art remind people to live in a symbiotic way with land, waterways, ecosystems and one another. In this piece, Stewart has placed beaded flowers on top of contour lines which represent the Rocky Mountains, twisty lines which represent rivers and dashes demarking political territories. “While maps like this one are a two-dimensional record of historical process and places, they are incomplete until they include elements that are important to the people who are indigenous on this continent.”
The bottom left image was designed by stamp designer Blair Thomson. It features a pair of bold hands held over eyes and a human face. The hands are cross-representative — belonging to the settler, masking their view of reality and shame, and to the Indigenous people/Survivors, covering their face in sadness, pain, memories. Tears stream from between the fingers. The background further connects to the school windows, looking out and dreaming of home. An Indigenous child looks out from behind the hands to reinforce the message that we must never look away again.
Take home this Official First Day Cover from the Truth and Reconciliation stamp issue from Canada Post.
First Nations, Inuit and Métis children were forced to attend federally created Indian residential schools, which operated for nearly a century and a half. More than 150,000 children were taken from their families and communities, many never to return home.
This stamp issue is the first in a series showcasing the artistic visions of Inuit, Métis and First Nations artists for the future of truth and reconciliation. Clockwise from top left: The artwork by First Nations artist Jackie Traverse, centred on the ubiquitous bunchberry, represents seeds of change, reminding us that for bountiful future harvests, we must share the sun, water and land. Inuit artist Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona features a woman lighting a qulliq, the traditional Inuit stone lamp, to signify care and healing for all Indigenous communities. Métis artist Kim Gullion Stewart places beaded flowers over the contour lines of a map as a reminder of the need to live symbiotically with the land, nature and each other. Canadian designer Blair Thomson offers two perspectives – the trauma and pain endured by Indigenous Peoples and the settlers’ shame and acknowledgement of this truth. An Indigenous child looks out from behind the hands to reinforce the message that we must never look away again.
Brantford, Ontario is the cancel location because it is the site of the Mohawk Institute (the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabeg), whose opening in the early 1830s made it Canada’s first Indian Residential School.
First release in 2022:
Released on the day prior to September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this stamp issue is the first in a series showcasing the visions of Inuit, Métis and First Nations artists for the future of truth and reconciliation, with the hope of encouraging awareness of and reflection on the effects of colonization on Indigenous Peoples and the work of the truth and reconciliation process.
First Nations, Inuit and Métis children were forced to attend federally created Indian residential schools, which operated for nearly a century and a half. More than 150,000 children were taken from their families and communities, many never to return home.
The illustration by First Nations artist Jackie Traverse, centred on the bunchberry, a flowering plant found across Canada, represents seeds of change, reminding us that for bountiful future harvests, we must share the sun, water and land.
Inuit artist Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona features a woman lighting a qulliq, the traditional Inuit stone lamp, to signify care and healing for all Indigenous communities.
Métis artist Kim Gullion Stewart places beaded flowers over the contour lines of a map as a reminder of the need to live symbiotically with the land, nature and each other.
Canadian designer Blair Thomson offers two perspectives – the trauma and pain endured by Indigenous Peoples and the settlers’ shame and acknowledgement of this truth. An Indigenous child looks out from behind the hands to reinforce the message that we must never look away again.
The stamps also include the words “Truth and Reconciliation” in the traditional languages and regional dialects of the three artists, respectively Anishinaabemowin, Saulteaux dialect; Inuktitut, Kivalliq dialect and Heritage Michif.
Second release in 2023:
Featuring stark archival images of residential schools in different parts of Canada, the stamps serve as a reminder of the fear, loneliness, pain and shame experienced by generations of Indigenous children in these federally and church-created institutions. The stamp issue serves as a vehicle for truth about Canada’s residential school system to help support the process of reconciliation and, ultimately, healing.