Phyllis Webstad
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Orange Shirt Day founder ‘so honoured to be honoured’ with degree from SFUDressed 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.PerspectivesOct 6, 2023
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‘The future is bright’: Orange Shirt Society founder on 2nd Day for Truth and ReconciliationPhyllis Webstad was six years old when she attended St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School. On her first day, she was stripped of the orange shirt her grandmother bought her.CanadaSep 30, 2022
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WHL partners with Orange Shirt Society before National Day for Truth and ReconciliationThe Western Hockey League and the Orange Shirt Society announced a new partnership on Thursday with initiatives to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools.CanadaSep 29, 2022
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B.C. First Nations advocates condemn use of Orange Shirt Day movement by trucker convoyIn a Facebook live video, a convoy protester urged members of the public to wear orange for Orange Shirt Day on Friday, as a "worldwide walkout at schools" takes place.CanadaFeb 11, 2022
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N.B. students taught that ‘every child matters’ by Elsipogtog First Nation elderPeople across New Brunswick wore orange shirts on Monday in honour of residential school survivors.Oct 1, 2019
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How Orange Shirt Day honouring residential school survivors came to beFor the first time, Alberta schools are marking Orange Shirt Day - a day to honour the tens of thousands of residential school survivors.CanadaSep 30, 2016
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Kahnawake commemorates residential schools on Orange Shirt DayHundreds of school students gather in Kahnawake for the fourth annual Orange Shirt Day, commemorating the victims of residential schools in Canada.CanadaSep 30, 2016
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Orange Shirt Day for residential school children marked in northern SaskatchewanLt.-Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofield joined staff and students at the Rossignol school in Ile-a-la-Crosse today to mark Orange Shirt Day.CanadaSep 27, 2016
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