Orange shirt day crafts

We spent some time on Thursday, September 29th and Friday, September 30th talking about what Orange Shirt Day was all about. Here is a website with more information about this important national...

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Residential schools were church-run schools where approximately 150,000 Métis, Inuit and First Nations children were sent between the 1860s and the 1990s. The schools harmed Indigenous children by removing them from their families, forcing them to speak English or French instead of their ancestral languages, disconnecting them from their culture and traditions and forcing them to adopt Christianity in order to assimilate into Canadian society. Many of the children were abused. The government…

For Orange Shirt Day — Every Child Matters

Residential schools were church-run schools where approximately 150,000 Métis, Inuit and First Nations children were sent between the 1860s ...

I made this Every Child Matters decal to be worn everyday to remember the children in residential school and to support survivors. I am an Odanak from Quebec and my family moved to BC when I was a kid. I created these Every child matters pin to give back to my native community who supported me through school during my hard times. Made from waterproof vinyl and background goes on transparent. Size is 4 inches Proceeds goes to irsss.ca Please note the shipping fee to Canada only includes…