In Canada, we take a moment each year on Sept. 30 to reflect on our Indigenous history.

It’s called the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, but is also known as Orange Shirt Day.

In 2021, the federal government created the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as an annual day to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities affected by the legacy of the former Indian Residential Schools.

Orange Shirt Day

According to the Orange Shirt Society , Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion events that took place in British Columbia in May 2013.

Former student Phyllis Webstad shared a story of how she knew she would go to a mission school as a child in 1973, and picked out a special orange

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