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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Orange Shirt Day

September 30th

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Santos, C. (2023). Every Child Matters t-shirt design [online image]. Orange Shirt Society. https://orangeshirtday.org/2023-t-shirt-design/


Every Child Matters

On this day, we take the time to honor and remember all of Canada's Indigenous children who were taken out of their communities to be sent away to residential schools. It is a time to reflect on the history of residential schools, and to better educate ourselves on what happened in them.

The name "Orange Shirt Day" came from one child's first experience in a residential school. The grandmother of Phyllis Webstad had gifted her an orange shirt for her first day at St. Joseph's Mission residential school. Upon Phyllis' arrival to the school, they stripped her of her clothing, including her orange shirt, which was never returned.

Orange Shirt day is about recognizing the harm and injustices endured by Indigenous children due to the residential school system. 

It is a reminder that every child matters.


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Picking up the Pieces

Also available as an eBook

Surviving Canada

Also available as an eBook

When We Were Alone

Also available as an eBook

Juvenile

Five Little Indians

Also available as an eBook & audiobook

I am Not a Number

Also available as an eBook

Juvenile

Shi-Shi-Etko

Also available as an eBook

Juvenile

I Lost My Talk

Also available as an eBook

Juvenile

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Fatty Legs

Also available as an eBook & audiobook

Easy Read

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Sugar Falls

Also available as an eBook

Easy Read

Speaking Our Truth

Also available as an eBook

Juvenile

I'm Finding My Talk

Also available as an eBook

Juvenile

Indian Horse

Also available as an eBook

A Knock on the Door

Also available as an eBook & audiobook


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Holy Angels

Online

13 minutes

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We Were Children

Online

82 minutes

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Indian Horse

Online

101 minutes

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Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Online

88 minutes

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Inconvient Indian

Online

88 minutes

Sisters & Brothers

Online

3 minutes

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Stories Are in Our Bones

Online

11 minutes


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