Tag: Orange Shirt Day
GBC prepares services, supports for Indigenous students for Orange Shirt Day and beyond
Illustration by Katie Doyle Content Warning: This article contains content some may find disturbing On Thursday, September 30, Canada will observe its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and its eighth annual Orange Shirt Day in recognition of the country’s history of genocide committed against Indigenous populations. Students and faculty at George Brown College…
GBC students and staff honour victims of residential schools on Orange Shirt Day
By Maud Weaver On Wednesday, September 30, the Indigenous Education and Services team at George Brown College hosted an online event for Orange Shirt Day which honours the survivors, victims, and families of those impacted by residential schools. Orange Shirt Day is named after Phyllis Webstad’s story. Webstad is a residential school survivor who wore…
Toronto students strike against systemic racism
By Maud Weaver Conversations and actions around anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism continue as post-secondary students strike this week with faculty and staff to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and highlight how post-secondary institutions are complicit in and perpetuate racism. Kien Azinwi, president of the York Federation of Students and an organizer for All Out September 30…
Orange Shirt Day marked at George Brown College
Students and staff remember those impacted by residential schools in Canada