Memorials, ceremonies and activities planned across Manitoba to mark Orange Shirt Day

Monday marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, besides known arsenic Orange Shirt Day, to admit the interaction and bequest of Canada’s residential schoolhouse strategy and to honour the survivors and those who ne'er came home.

Manitoba archetypal established Sept. 30 arsenic a provincial statutory vacation past year, and a fig of events are taking spot passim the state successful designation of Orange Shirt Day 2024, including (but not constricted to):

Winnipeg

• Oodena Celebration Circle astatine the Forks: Healing locomotion to the RBC Convention Centre wherever a pow-wow volition beryllium held, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine Park: Memorial lawsuit presented by the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Manitoba Museum: Free admission
• Winnipeg Inner City Mission: Commemorative creation garden, 1-6 p.m.
• Southland Community Church: Enhance Understanding of the History and Legacy of Indian Residential Schools, presented by the Winnipeg Chinese Senior Association, 2-4 p.m.

Elsewhere successful Southern Manitoba

• Souris School: Sharing Truths and Reconciliation Knowledge, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
• Avalon Theatre, Souris: We Were Children film screening, 1:30 p.m.

Eastern Manitoba

• Portage la Prairie City Hall: Reconciliation successful Action, memorial locomotion to National Indigenous Residential School Museum astatine Long Plain First Nation, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Poplar River First Nation: Dibaajimowen – To Tell and Hear Our Story, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Interlake

• Selkirk Park, Selkirk: Bear Clan Walk, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Camperville Hall, Pine Creek: Community feast astatine 1:30 p.m., memorial locomotion to the Pine Creek residential school, 3:30 p.m.

Western Manitoba

• Riverbank Discovery Centre, Brandon: Orange Shirt Day walk, 12 p.m.

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Northern Manitoba

• Gordon Lathlin Memorial Centre, Opaskwayak Cree Nation: Honouring Our Past, Present and Future, commemorative locomotion hosted by Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Maclean Park, Thompson: Honour locomotion hosted by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, 10 a.m.

Although Monday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, different events are happening passim Manitoba connected the weekend, including:

The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line (1-866-925-4419) is disposable 24 hours a time for anyone experiencing symptom oregon distress arsenic a effect of their residential schoolhouse experience.