Saskatoon students honour residential school survivors in reconciliation run

In the name of reconciliation, students at John Lake School in Saskatoon are spending Tuesday with an international marathon runner, the chief of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation and two residential school survivors.

After the noon hour, students will join Canadian long-distance runner Ray Zahabfor part of a run that will take participants along the South Saskatchewan River, finishing at the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.

During the run, participants will pass a statue of Mtisleader Gabriel Dumont, then weave downtown past the statues of John Lake and Chief Whitecap.

Lake is one of the men who founded Saskatoon on the site where the city now sits. A number of students from the Whitecap Dakota First Nation also attend the school.

The event focuseson the importance of partnershipsand is meant to markCanada's150thbirthday.