Canadore College will host an Orange Shirt Day initiative today.
Orange Shirt Day is an annual event to commemorate truth and reconciliation as well as bring to light the stories of residential school survivors.
It is an opportunity for First Nations, local government, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come. Orange shirts will be given out at the three main Canadore campuses in North Bay.
The origin of Orange Shirt Day comes from when Phyllis (Jack) Webstad attended her first day of residential school wearing a brand new orange shirt from her grandmother and it was taken away from her.
The date was chosen because it was the time of year when children were taken from their homes to residential schools and because it sets the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying for the coming school year.
