Photo courtesy of UBC CTLT
September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Known amongst Indigenous and grassroots organizations as Orange Shirt Day, it honours and upholds Survivors and intergenerational Survivors of the Indian residential school system, while commemorating those who never returned home.
Explore a selection of UBC scholarship in cIRcle on reconciliation and the history of residential schools and find copies of books recommended in the Indigenous Authors of BC to Read for Orange Shirt Day list at X̱wi7x̱wa Library
For a collection of events, stories, and resources available at UBC, visit the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and the UBC News page.
Further Reading
3 things you might not know about Orange Shirt Day by Carolyn Ali, Beyond UBC.