National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2023 and Orange Shirt giveaway  

September 6, 2023

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is on September 30, but many know this as Orange Shirt Day.

September 30 is a day of awareness of the individual, family, and community intergenerational impacts of Indian Residential Schools. Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC in 2013, and grew out of Phyllis’ story when she had her new orange shirt taken away on her first day of residential school at the Mission.    

To commemorate Orange Shirt Day, we invite you to participate in a giveaway. Not only do we have a number of t-shirts, but we will also be giving away beaded lapel pins.  

Enter your information to be included in the draw for an Orange Shirt Day item.  

Enter the draw

The draw is open to UBC Okanagan and Vancouver faculty and staff. The last day to enter the draw is September 18, 2023.   

Orange shirt day at the clock tower
Volunteers at the Intergenerational March for the 2022 Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day lapel pin
Orange Shirt Day Pin

But Orange Shirt Day is more than just showing support by wearing orange. We can work towards creating supportive environments by learning more about residential schools and their intergenerational impacts on our community. As we learn more about the facts of the past, we can explore our roles, responsibilities and actions and how we build reciprocal relationships within our community.   

We encourage you to continue your learning and take part in Orange Shirt Day activities through UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.  

The impacts of residential schools can be emotionally triggering and there are resources available to you 

UBC resources 

Contact the Employee and Family Assistance Program at 1-866-424-0770 (free and confidential, 24/7)  

Community mental health resources 

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