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Recently, Canadians have become increasingly aware of the tragic history of Residential Schools. More Canadians than ever are showing solidarity to survivors, those who did not make it home, and their families by wearing orange shirts. Every Child Matters.
The Every Child Matters Orange Shirt Day T-Shirt features a unique design by Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) artist Morgan Asoyuf with the words "Every Child Matters" inscribed in the centre. Proceeds from Every Child Matters Orange Shirt Day products will be directed to the Native Northwest Reconciliation Fund to support people and families who continue to be impacted by Residential Schools and intergenerational trauma.
Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30.
Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day that honours the children who survived Indian Residential Schools and remembers those who did not. This day relates to the experience of Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwpemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, on her first day of school, where she arrived dressed in a new orange shirt, which was taken from her. It is now a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.
On September 30, we encourage all Canadians to wear orange to raise awareness of the very tragic legacy of residential schools, and to honour the thousands of Survivors.
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