Please join us for the 5th annual Orange Shirt Day walk, organized by the Friends of the Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden, in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.
Everyone is welcome to come and gather at the Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden, located at 2201 Dundas Street West, starting at 3:30pm.
This year, Grandmother Vivian Recollet shares Indigenous teachings and ceremony to respect children traumatized or lost in residential schools in Canada, and leads the annual Orange Shirt Walk. Wynona Maracle, women’s hand drummer, will accompany her.
Feel welcome to sing along to music by Roncy Jam Factory as we gather. Song sheets will be provided.
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any people wear orange tee shirts. If you can, buy yours from a trusted native source like the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. Or, pin on a paper orange heart. Or wear an orange ribbon.
any people wear orange tee shirts. If you can, buy yours from a trusted native source like the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. Or, pin on a paper orange heart. Or wear an orange ribbon.Wearing orange means to walk in step with Phyllis Webstad who had to give up her beloved orange blouse on entering the dehumanizing experience of a residential school for Indigenous children. And, now, to wear orange on September 30th is to embrace our joint Canadian future through reconciliation.
Biscuits, fruit, and cedar tea will be offered as refreshments for Walkers. We thank Shelba Deer for showing us how to prepare cedar tea.
This event is sponsored in part by the Roncesvalles Village BIA Accessibility & Inclusion Resource Committee.