5 d. ago ‘The world is waiting’: Indigenous students absorb cultural history at Manitoba school

Orange Shirt Day only comes once a year, but students at Sergeant Tommy Prince School at Brokenhead Ojibway Nation learn about their cultural history year-round.

Society

5 d. ago Truth and Reconciliation Day observed with events across Canada

Sept. 30, known as Orange Shirt Day or the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is meant to honour survivors and those who never came home.

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5 d. ago Here's why a block of Toronto buildings is covered in orange shirts

A group of Toronto buildings near Bathurst and St. Clair are covered in orange shirts right now in observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — also known as Orange Shirt Day.The buildings along Vaughan Road, home to a cluster of housing and health services for Indigenous men, have been catching the eyes of passersby throughout the month ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.First observed in 2013, the day was established to increase awareness of the horrors of Canada’s residential school system that tore Indigenous communities apart for generations, and the lingering effects on native populations decades after the system's abolition.The dozens of orange shirts lining a group of buildings along Vaughan Rd south of St. Clair are just one of the ways local groups are raising awareness this year.Among the buildings currently sporting orange, the Na-Me-Res Men's Residence at 14 Vaughan Rd. has been given some colourful ac...

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5 d. ago This is how people in Ontario are marking National Truth and Reconciliation Day

Today officially marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which recognizes the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools in Canada, reflecting on the children who never returned home, Survivors, their families, and communities. The holiday was officially proposed back in 2015 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which, under Action 80, called upon the federal government (in collaboration with Indigenous peoples) to establish a statutory holiday to ensure that "public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process." Sept. 30 is also known as Orange Shirt Day, which was established in 2013 and honours Phyllis' story, whose new orange shirt was taken on her first day at a residential school when she was only six years old. The orange shirt symbolizes the loss of culture and freedom that many Indigenous children experienced in these schools, and serve...

Society

6 d. ago National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Calgary: What's open and closed | Memorial events

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, is observed on Sept. 30, and Calgary has a variety of memorial events planned. Reconciliation Bridge and Centre Street Bridge will be illuminated orange in honour of the holiday and as part of Calgary Culture Days, which highlights local events while honouring Orange […]

Society

6 d. ago National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Calgary: Memorial events | What's open and closed

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, is observed on Sept. 30, and Calgary has a variety of memorial events planned. Reconciliation Bridge and Centre Street Bridge will be illuminated orange in honour of the holiday and as part of Calgary Culture Days, which highlights local events while honouring Orange […]

Society

6 d. ago Indigenous artists proud of ‘meaningful’ Orange Shirt Day campaigns

A Winnipeg artist says she's proud her design for Orange Shirt Day will be worn by Canadians from coast to coast.

Culture

6 d. ago ‘Stand with us’: Indigenous artists tapped by big companies for Orange Shirt Day

Jenny Kay Dupuis was recently in a Winners store, when a senior asked for help finding certain sizes of an orange shirt on display. The older woman was on her way to visit her grandchildren in the United States and wanted to bring them each the artistic shirt with “Every Child Matters,” the phrase synonymous […]

Economics