The CFL will acknowledge the children and families victimized by CanadaB次元官网网址檚 residential schools system during the opening week of the B次元官网网址�21 season.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Elks will all acknowledge the tragedy as they host home games Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Officials working the games will wear orange pins in recognition of the Every Child Matters movement.

This initiative is being led by CFL field judge Brian Chrupalo, an Indigenous police officer in Winnipeg and President of the Canadian Professional Football Officials Association.

TSN and the CFL also plan to virtually place the Every Child Matters logo on fields during games.

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CFL clubs are also planning acknowledgments to take place closer to Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday created to provide an opportunity to commemorate and recognize the legacy of residential schools.

The CFL kicks off the B次元官网网址�21 season in Winnipeg with the Blue Bombers hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The league didnB次元官网网址檛 play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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