September 30
Phyllis Webstad on Orange Shirt Day
In this short video Phyllis (re)tells her story and speaks to the relationship between Orange Shirt Day and The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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September 30th
Orange Shirt Day
2013年4月菲利斯Webstad分享她的故事of attending the St. Joseph's Mission Residential School at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission Gathering in Kamloops, BC. She spoke of how her new orange shirt was taken from her on the first day of school and never returned. People participating in the event adopted the narrative as an analogy of the way that language, family, culture, and safety was taken from children that attended Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Out of these events and of Phyllis' story came the legacy project that becomeOrange Shirt Day.
National Day For Truth and Reconciliation
In June of 2021 the Canadian government declared September 30th theNational Day for Truth and Reconciliationthrough an act of Parliament. This was done in response to one of theCalls to Actionfrom the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.