Orange Shirt Day: September 29

Please consider wearing orange on Friday, September 29 to acknowledge the legacy of residential schools in Canada and to honour the survivors.

You can purchase your own orange shirt from the Aboriginal Student Council: pre-order your shirt by stopping by A119 or calling 519-542-7751, extension 3494.

You can also stop by the information table outside the cafeteria on Friday, September 29 to learn more about the history of residential schools in this country.

Proceeds from shirt sales will support this year's Round Dance and Pow Wow--check back for more information on both events. 

If you'd like to learn more about the history of orange shirt day, please visit this site: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/  

The halls are orange at Lambton College!

Members of Lambton College's
Aboriginal Student Council
 volunteer to share information.

Thank you to all of you 
who wore orange today 
in support of survivors of 
Indian Residential Schools! 

Lila Bruyere, a residential school
survivor from Couchiching First Nation,
located in Northern Ontario. 
Lila attended St. Margaret's Residential
School in Fort Frances, Ontario.

Members of the Aboriginal Students Council
stand with Lila.

Here are a few of Lambton College's second-year Social Service Worker students. 

Remembering the Victims of Residential School

Tomorrow, September 30, is Orange Shirt Day. Wear orange to honour the survivors of Indian Residential Schools. 

You can check out the Facebook campaign here. 

Indian Residential Schools, sponsored by the Canadian government and various churches, systematically removed First Nations children from their families for 150 years in an attempt to erase all traces of First Nations' cultures. Earlier this year, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a report and a series of recommendations. Acknowledging the history and the pain is an important first step.

You can learn more about the October 30th campaign at orangeshirtday.weebly.com