On September 30, we will be observing the Truth & Reconciliation Day and Orange Shirt Day.
Truth & Reconciliation Day honour the Indigenous children who never returned home, the Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities.
Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots day to raise awareness on the individual, family, and community intergenerational impacts of residential schools. It also promotes the "Every Child Matters" movement, which encourages wearing an orange shirt. The orange shirt represents stripping away of the culture, freedom and self-esteem of Indigenous children for generations.
Canadians are encouraged to wear an orange shirt to honour the thousands of Survivors of residential schools. Please read the below resources for further learning on observing Truth & Reconciliation Day, and Orange Shirt Day:
University of British Columbia - Truth and Reconciliation Week Lunch & Learn
Canadian Bar Association - Truth and Reconciliation Resources
Take the Indian Out of the Child - a book that speaks about the specific ways in which the Indian residential school system touched the Syilx people.
The Witness Blanket - interactive digital work of art containing hundreds of items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures from across Canada.
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