Orange Shirt Day to promote awareness of residential school history - September 30
Orange Shirt Day is designed to educate people and promote awareness about Canada’s former residential school system and the impact this system had on Indigenous communities for more than a century. This day honours the legacy of the schools, survivors, Intergenerational survivors and those who did not survive. Since 2013, the Orange Shirt campaign has provided all Canadians with an opportunity to participate in a collective act of reconciliation.
Monday, September 30 marks the date where many Indigenous children were taken from their homes and placed in residential schools. To promote awareness at the university, we encourage you to wear an orange shirt in support of the campaign.
An Orange Shirt Day group photo will be taken at the Science Building Atrium on Monday at 10:30 a.m. President Steven Murphy is scheduled to attend. Everyone in an orange shirt is invited to join the photo.
Other activities include:
- Educational information booths (more information coming soon).
- A screening of , a film about residential schools, at 5:30 p.m. at the university’s Regent Theatre, organized by the President’s Indigenous Reconciliation Task Force. A survivor talk will follow the film screening; watch for more details in a future Weekly Report.
