National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

Mon. Sept. 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation recognizes the tragic legacy of residential schools, the missing children, the families left behind and the survivors of these institutions.

September 30, 2021, marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day that coincides with Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day was first honoured in 2013, by the founding non-profit organization, the Orange Shirt Society.