Camosun CollegeB次元官网网址檚 Lansdowne campus commemorated this yearB次元官网网址檚 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a ceremony at NaB次元官网网址檛saB次元官网网址檓aht an open-sided structure designed by Lekwungen artist Butch Dick.

Indigenous family support program leader Sandee Mitchell emceed the event hosted by Eye? SqaB次元官网网址檒ewen: The Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections (IECC) on Thursday (Sept. 29) afternoon.

B次元官网网址淥range Shirt Day is an important day to honour Indian residential school survivors, as well as those who didnB次元官网网址檛 survive or died, often young and tragically, as a result of the horrors they experienced in these schools,B次元官网网址� IECC chair Ruth Lyall said.

Selected residential school survivors were honoured during the ceremony with hand-made quilts from the Quilts for Survivors, an organization making and distributing blankets across Canada through the work of volunteer quilters.

Among the recipients were Tsawout First Nation elder Victor Underwood, Tsartlip First Nation elder May Sam and others.

The ceremony also featured a poetry reading by Beth Mills, music and drumming as well as guest speakers Eddy Charlie and Kristin Spray, who together brought the event to Camosun and initiated Victoria Orange Shirt Day in 2015.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 honoured to be a witness to this yearB次元官网网址檚 event, and will use it as an opportunity to listen and reflect on how to continue on our path towards greater Indigenization,B次元官网网址� said Camosun College president Lane Trotter.

To learn more about survivorsB次元官网网址� stories and Indigenous perspectives, the Camosun College library has assembled an updated Orange Shirt Day research guide for 2022 with book and other media recommendations.

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