Orange Shirt Day 2020

 

Cariboo Regional District
Area 'D' Director Steve Forseth

Firstly, I write to you from the traditional unceded territory of the Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) peoples including that of the Williams Lake First Nation 

 Today is #OrangeShirtDay2020. A day where we remember all residential school survivors, those who are with us today and those that did not make it. 

Let us hope that we learn from history and never repeat the lessons that came from the creation of residential schools including respect for indigenous cultures, that #EveryChildMatters and for inclusion. 

My Area's Alternate Director, Phyllis Webstad and her story from residential schools inspired "Orange Shirt Day". To read about her story (and I do so every day), go to: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/phyllis-story.html 

 Although there will be *no* In-Person events today, there will be online events, one such event can be attended virtually 

Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/344943410247529?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22[]%5C%22%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D 

Finally - the "Orange Shirt Day" textbook which is for elementary school students' outlining the history on the subject of residential schools and co-authored by my Area Alternate Director, Phyllis Webstad and my former Cariboo RD Area F colleague, Joan Sorley, can be purchased online at Medicine Wheel Education - https://medicinewheel.education/collections/english-books/products/pre-order-orange-shirt-day or Chapters online at https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/orange-shirt-day/9781989122433-item.html?ikwid=orange+shirt+day&ikwsec=Books&ikwidx=1#algoliaQueryId=48813e2a34543e38ec3e6039bfb50ee0 or finally at the Open Book in Williams Lake... 

 SF