Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day
A day to:
commemorate the residential school experience,
witness & honour the healing journey of the survivors & their families, and
commit to the ongoing process of reconciliation
This is recent history:
Gordon's Indian Residential School in Punnichy, Saskatchewan did not close until 1996.
Stolen Children
"Residential School survivors speak out. How Residential Schools affected survivors and their children and grandchildren."
Death at Residential Schools
"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report. Among its findings, more details on the scale of tragedy at residential schools. Thousands of children died in that system. And that number only begins to show how lives were erased and loving families were changed forever."
Intergenerational Trauma: Residential Schools
"According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, there are approximately 80,000 living Survivors of the Canadian residential school system. For many, the trauma of the mental, physical and sexual abuse they suffered at the schools hasn’t faded. Learn how the effects of residential schools continue to manifest into the present day."
Read about our Residential School History
by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/cvrc-trcc/IR4-4-2012-eng.pdf
"On August 4th, there are 150 days left in 2017 – the year of Canada’s 150th birthday. ... we have written 150 Acts of Reconciliation for the last 150 days of 2017. Many of these are small, everyday acts that average Canadians can undertake, but others are more provocative that encourage people to think about Indigenous-settler relationships in new ways."
http://activehistory.ca/2017/08/150-acts-of-reconciliation-for-the-last-150-days-of-canadas-150/