Orange Shirt Day

• Two Indigenous court workers allegedly sent home for wearing orange shirts

  Indigenous leaders are speaking up after two staff members at a Saskatchewan courthouse were allegedly told to go home and take off their orange shirts.

  Canada

  Oct 4
  
• Albertans mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  Marked on Sept. 30 each year, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home.

  Canada

  Sep 30
  
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• How to commemorate Orange Shirt Day in Calgary and Southern Alberta

  Calgary, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Banff and other southern Alberta communities will mark Orange Shirt Day on Monday. Here's how to take part.

  Canada

  Sep 27
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• Memorials, ceremonies and activities planned across Manitoba to mark Orange Shirt Day

  Manitoba first established Sept. 30 as a provincial statutory holiday last year, and a number of events are taking place in recognition of Orange Shirt Day 2024.

  Canada

  Sep 27
• Winnipeg MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism

  MP Leah Gazan says families deserve to heal from this "intergenerational tragedy," and that parliamentarians must stand firm against people who try to discredit survivors.

  Canada

  Sep 27
• Manitoba launches Orange Shirt Day Fund for initiatives that reflect on residential schools

  The Orange Shirt Day Fund will provide one-time grant funding for projects this year that advance the goals of truth and reconciliation.

  Politics

  Jul 3
• Bills to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and Louis Riel passes final vote in Manitoba

  A bill to make Orange Shirt Day a statutory holiday in Manitoba has passed its final vote in the legislature.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2023
• Manitoba to make National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday

  The Manitoba government has introduced a bill in the legislature to make Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a statutory holiday.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2023
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• Orange Shirt Day founder ‘so honoured to be honoured’ with degree from SFU

  Dressed in a red and blue gown and sash, the Orange Shirt Day founder beamed as she received an honourary doctorate of law from Simon Fraser University on Friday. 

  Perspectives

  Oct 6, 2023
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• Kingston, Ont. teen wins nationwide Orange Shirt Day design contest

  Sophia Westcott, 16, won the contest as part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada's recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023