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By Wade Paul, Phd Candidate, Concordia University Sept. 30 is upon us once again, the fourth year this day will be observed as a time to reflect on the history of colonialism, and its ongoing impacts, on the Indigenous Peoples and communities in what is now called Canada. This day first became recognized as Orange Shirt Day by grassroots organizers in 2013, the day Canadians honour the Survivors of Residential Schools and acknowledge the intergenerational impacts of these institutions on Indigenous Peoples. Inspired by Survivor Phyllis Webstad\u2019s testimony shared with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) \u2014 where she described how the orange shirt her grandmother had given her was taken away on her first day of Residential School \u2014 the orange shirt emerged as an enduring symbol of Indigenous… <\/p>\n

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By Wade Paul, Phd Candidate, Concordia University Sept. 30 is upon us once again, the fourth year this day will be observed as a time to reflect on the history of colonialism, and its ongoing impacts, on the Indigenous Peoples and communities in what is now called Canada. This day first became recognized as Orange Shirt Day by grassroots organizers in 2013, the day Canadians honour the Survivors of Residential Schools and acknowledge the intergenerational impacts of these institutions on Indigenous Peoples. Inspired by Survivor Phyllis Webstad\u2019s testimony shared with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) \u2014 where she described how the orange shirt her grandmother had given her was taken away on her first day of Residential School \u2014 the orange shirt emerged as an enduring symbol of Indigenous... <\/p>\n

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