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Orange Shirt Day will take place on September 30

Beginning this year, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will be observed on September 30 of each calendar year, with the first date being next September 30, 2021. The new holiday was proposed in 2015 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The TRC Call to Action #80 states:

"We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, to honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process."

In honour of this day, a cross-campus program is planned, and all faculties and units are invited to participate.

Orange Shirt Day

UCalgary will mark the day of reconciliation with flag lowering
and joint events with Calgary Public Library.

Sep 23 | 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. | Virtual
Courageous Conversations: Decolonization, Disciplines, and Indigenous Knowledges in the University

Sep 23 Weekly (to Dec 9) | 4:00 p.m. | Virtual
Indigenous Canada MOOC Discussion Series

Sep 23 | 6:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. | Calgary Central Library
Film Screening - Shadows in Time

Sep 30 | 9:00 a.m. | Livestreamed
Orange Shirt Day Flag Raising

Sep 30 | 9:00 a.m. | Virtual
Film Screening - The Unforgotten

Sep 30 | 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. | Online
Indigenous Writers' Panel: Literature on Intergenerational Trauma and Healing

Sep 30 | 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. | Zoom
Faculty of Social Work Annual Gayle Gilchrist James Lecture: Western Science Meets Indigenous Wisdom

Sep 30 | 6:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. | Online
Monkey Beach: Film Screening and Discussion

Oct 04 | 11:59 p.m. | Cumming School of Medicine
Indigenous Mural Project

ii'taa'poh'to'p

Have you taken the story of ii'taa'poh'to'p already? There is an ongoing online asynchronous course ready for registration