Orange Shirt Day

In the week leading up to Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, VCC's Indigenous Education and Community Engagement department will be hosting a series of events and activities to enhance our college community's understanding and awareness of the history of residential schools, the Indian Act, and the origin of Orange Shirt Day.

We encourage you to wear orange throughout the week.

BROADWAY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

September 17, 11a.m. - 1 p.m. BWY campus, building B, Event Space
Join Emily Henry for a session on practicing cultural safety and humility as we honour the days leading up to Orange Shirt Day

September 23, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., BWY campus, main entrance
Flag raising ceremony

September 26, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., BWY campus, building B, Event Space
Honouring Orange Shirt Day

Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for all of us to acknowledge the physical, psychological and cultural impact that the Residential School system had, and continues to have, on our Indigenous colleagues, their families and our broader Indigenous community.

Hear stories and learn how colonial laws, policies and practice controlled Indigenous peoples and their traditional lands. There will be various activities including an opportunity to write what Orange Shirt Day means to you. Bannock will be served. Interpreters will be available. 

We invite VCC community to send questions or comments that they want read at OSD/SIS events.  Email to: indigenous@vcc.ca