How to honour residential school survivors this Orange Shirt Day

Join Wa-Say Healing Centre and CBC Manitoba on Saturday, Sept. 30 as we mark Orange Shirt Day. On theNational Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Wa-Say Healing Centre is hosting awalk and powwow in downtown Winnipeg. This event offersa time to reflect on the harms caused by residential schools while alsocelebratingIndigenous cultures here in Treaty One. Scroll down to learn how you can participate in the Orange Shirt Day events.

Healing walk

Show your support for survivors of residentialschools by attending the healing walk.

Oodena Circle, The Forks

• 9 a.m. - Gather atOodena Circle
• 10a.m. - Pipe ceremony
• 10:30 a.m. - Opening remarks
• 11 a.m. - Walk departs for Canada Life Centre

See photos and videos from 2022's Orange Shirt Day walk and powwow.

Honouring residential school survivors, those who didn't make it home

2 years ago

Duration 2:44

Powwow

Celebrate Indigenous dancing, music and traditional regaliaat the Orange Shirt Day powwow.

Canada Life Centre at300 Portage Ave., Winnipeg

• 1 p.m. - Grand entry
• 1:45 p.m. - Speeches
• 2 p.m. -Inter-tribals and specials
• 2:45 p.m. - Presenting special guests with star blankets
• 4 p.m. -Inter-tribals and specials
• 5:45 p.m. - Closing remarks

These Orange Shirt Day eventsarefree to attend and areopen to all.

What is Orange Shirt Day?

All about Orange Shirt Day

11 months ago

Duration 1:55

September 30th is Orange Shirt Day. It's also known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Learn all about this important day and how it came to be.

[ Orange Shirt Day] recognizes the tragic legacy of residential schools, the missing children, the families left behind and honours the survivors. By wearing an Orange Shirt, we raise awareness of how during the residential school period, personal belongings such as clothing and with it culture and freedom, were taken away from children and multiple generations after them.-Wa-Say Healing Centre

Here's how you can watch and listen to Orange Shirt Day programming on CBCGem, CBC Listen and more.