Looking ahead to Orange Shirt Day
Schools and organizations around the region are set to participate in Orange Shirt Day this week, a day designed to raise awareness about the residential school system.
Orange Shirt Day started in 2013 in British Columbia. The colour orange is used to represent the children who never returned home from the residential school system.
The day was brought about by Phyllis Webstab, who at the age of six had her orange shirt taken away when she began her tenure at the St. Joseph Mission residential school.
Various events will be taking place in and around Prince Albert leading up to Orange Shirt Day, which is slated to be commemorated at the grounds of the former Prince Albert Indian Residential School, now the Prince Albert Grand Council.