The story of Orange Shirt Day - an important story that we're proud to be able to share 🧡 Thank you to Phyllis Webstad & chief of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation Rosanne Casimir for continuing to teach us about #TruthandReconciliation 🇨🇦 #ThisIsOurPride #EveryChildMatters | BC Lions

Phyllis Webstad (nee Jack) is Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band). She comes from mixed Secwepemc and Irish/French heritage. She was born in Dog Creek and lives in Williams Lake, BC, Canada. In 2018 Phyllis Webstad launched her children’s book called The Orange Shirt Story to share her story in her own words. The Orange shirt story tells the story of young Phyllis having her orange shirt taken away on her first day of residential schoo

Phyllis Webstad's personal story was the impetus behind #OrangeShirtDay. In a 2019 interview with MTS, she said honouring residential school survivors is "a little bit of justice in our lifetime for what happened to us. We'll never be fully healed, but it helps us to feel better about being in this world." Let's honour the memory of the 215 Indigenous children who never came home from the former #kamloopsresidentialschool #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter | The Manitoba Teachers' Society

It's Orange Shirt Day. Wear your orange shirt to remember and honour residential schools survivors and their families, while creating awareness around the theme for the day "Every Child Matters". For more information and to find Orange Shirt Day events happening in your community, please visit: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/ | Government of British Columbia