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John Abbott College marks Orange Shirt Day – Penticton Herald

by ahnationtalk on October 3, 202425 Views

October 3, 2024

Students and staff at John Abbott College observed Orange Shirt Day, also known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on Monday morning with an eye toward educating the school’s non-Native population about the horrors of Residential Schools and memorializing the children who never came home.

“Educating people who aren’t aware of Residential Schools, and who aren’t aware of the intergenerational trauma that was visited upon our people and our families, is really important,” Nick Cross,21, who is studying paramedic studies at the school, said. “A lot of people who aren’t Native don’t know about it and it’s really important that we do, because it’s not in history books, and that’s because it was part of a campaign to dehumanize Indigenous people.”

A ceremony marking the day drew nearly 100 people to the school’s Indigenous garden overlooking the shores of Lake St. Louis. Prayer and song marked the occasion, and the school’s Dean of Indigenous Education said she was extremely grateful for the high attendance and the students’ engagement.

Read More: https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_7687a80b-3779-5246-94e5-c28094e93a13.html

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