Students and employees will have an opportunity to learn more about the impacts of the residential school system in Canada and importance of Orange Shirt Day from Founder and Ambassador of the Orange Shirt movement, Phyllis Webstad.
Webstad will visit NC’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Thursday, September 22.
A survivor from St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School (Williams Lake, B.C.), Webstad has made it her mission to honour survivors of the Indian residential school system – including intergenerational survivors – and to remember the children who never made it home.
The entire college community is welcome to attend a speaking event featuring Webstad in the courtyard, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
The event will feature a traditional opening and closing along with additional speakers. Bannock and strawberry juice will be available for guests to sample.
Those who attend will be encouraged to wear orange to show their support.
Watch for more details to be announced in advance of the event.
Register for Orange Shirt Day with Phyllis Webstad: The Orange Shirt Story (Sept. 22)
Employees interested in attending are asked to register via the Employee Registration Link.
Students interested in attending are asked to register via the Student Registration Link.
Prior to the speaking event on September 22, NC’s Indigenous students will have an opportunity to join Webstad for breakfast event at the Indigenous Student Centre.
Learn more
For information about Webstad or Orange Shirt Day visit orangeshirtday.org. The site also features a list of official orange shirt suppliers which help to support Indigenous communities or organizations.
To learn more about Webstad’s story and what the orange shirt represents to Indigenous communities across Canada, the video below.