Orange Shirt Day - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a national event in Canada where Indigenous and non-Indigenous people come together to honor residential school survivors, their families, and communities, while promoting hope and reconciliation.
This day encourages everyone to learn about the effects of the government and churches' policies that ran residential schools. We listen to the stories of survivors and remember the children who didn’t return home.
In 2024, Orange Shirt Day will be observed on Monday, September 30. The tradition began in 2013, led by Phyllis Webstad, a residential school survivor, who shared her story about how her new orange shirt was taken from her on her first day at the St. Joseph Mission residential school in Williams Lake, BC.
Orange Shirt Day takes place in early fall, a time when children were historically taken from their families to attend these schools. From the 1870s until 1996, over 150,000 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children attended residential schools. Today, about 80,000 survivors are still alive.
To commemorate Orange Shirt Day, Turtle Island Walk will shine orange lights, symbolizing hope and honoring survivors and their communities, while raising awareness about the lasting impacts of residential schools.
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