The exteriors of Shawenjigewining Corridor and Bordessa Corridor will likely be illuminated orange throughout the evenings of Sunday, September 29 and Monday, September 30.
Canada’s annual Nationwide Day for Fact and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day on September 30 is a time of recognition, remembrance and respect for survivors of residential faculties and a day to be taught in regards to the lasting impacts these faculties have had—and proceed to have—on Indigenous communities.
The Ontario Tech group stays devoted to listening to the voices of Indigenous Peoples as we work towards implementing the Fact and Reconciliation Fee’s suggestions and addressing systemic limitations.
The college has declared Monday, September 30 as a meeting-free day to create area for schooling and reflection on Canada’s involvement in, and historical past of, residential faculties.
As we pursue reconciliation and therapeutic, allow us to honour the lives of survivors, their households and communities, and always remember their tales.
Occasions schedule, Ontario Tech assets and the best way to get entangled:
Dawn Ceremony with Kathy MacLeod-Beaver and Tim Smoke to precise gratitude, and appreciation for a brand new day.
When: Monday, September 30, from 6:45 to eight:30 a.m.
The place: 285 Britannia Avenue West, Oshawa (Windfields Farm).
The ceremony will start promptly at 6:45 a.m., which is able to embrace a ceremonial hearth, sacred medicines and honouring of water and berries. Conventional tobacco will likely be out there for choices and light-weight refreshments will likely be offered after the ceremony in Mukwa’s Den (Shawenjigewining Corridor, Room 217).
Register by Wednesday, September 25 utilizing the Dawn Ceremony net type.
Reconciliation within the Establishment skilled improvement workshop.
Campus Library:
Lighting up for Orange Shirt Day: The exteriors of Shawenjigewining Corridor and Bordessa Corridor will likely be illuminated orange throughout the evenings of Sunday, September 29 and Monday, September 30.
Buy an Orange Shirt from an Indigenous Schooling and Cultural Providers accredited vendor:
