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The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (sometimes shortened to T&R Day) (NDTR; French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation), originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day (French: Jour du chandail orange), [1] is a Canadian day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system. [2]
The SJM Project arranged for schools in the Williams Lake area to wear orange shirts on September 30, in memory of the residential school victims. [86] [87] The observance of Orange Shirt Day quickly spread across Canada, and in 2021 it became a national statutory holiday, officially titled the "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation." [88]
An Orange Shirt Day banner flying in Williams Lake, B.C. Orange Shirt Day exists as a legacy of the SJM Project, and September 30 signifies the time of year when Indigenous children were historically taken from their homes to residential schools. The official tagline of the day is "Every Child Matters". [4] [6]
Sep. 30—TRAVERSE CITY — The national Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools known as Orange Shirt Day is observed today to honor survivors and remember those who did not make it back ...
Orange Shirt Day is Monday, Sept. 30. It will be the third annual one recognized by the Mashpee tribe, said Frye, a victim services advocate for the tribe.
A Mendota Heights company is marking Orange Shirt Day, a Canadian grassroots movement to reflect on the treatment of First Nations people in the residential school system. Patterson Cos., a large ...
Orange Shirt Day, a day created to raise awareness of the Canadian Residential School System, was started in 2013 after Phyllis Jack Webstad spoke at the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School Commemoration Project held in Williams Lake. Esk'etemc chief Fred Robbins has been credited with starting the project.
Returning Home is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sean Stiller and released in 2021. [1] The film is a portrait of Phyllis Webstad, an Indian residential school survivor who founded Orange Shirt Day, and depicts both her national speaking tour about the residential schools and the activism of her home Secwepemc community around the decline of the Pacific salmon.