The day, formally designated a federal holiday in 2021, honours survivors of Canada’s residential school system, as well as the children who never returned home.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation coincides with Orange Shirt Day, which was started by residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad in 2013 to raise awareness about the lasting harm the residential school system caused.

In 1973, six-year-old Webstad attended her first day of school at St. Joseph’s Mission, where her favourite orange shirt, given to her by family, was taken away and never returned... ДАЉЕ

Truth and Reconciliation Day events in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Brantford

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