Truth and Reconciliation Week

A week to honour the real history of Canada and those who continue to fight for Truth and Reconciliation. Below, you can find events happening at the University of Winnipeg campus.

You can find a list of Indigenous Resources here: Indigenous History Month Resources. Please keep in mind that this list is growing.  

Suggested Readings: 

UWSA Reconciliation and Decolonization page: Reconciliation and Decolonization Page 

Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action: Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 

Five Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Report and Calls to Action: https://theuwsa.ca/2020/12/5-years-trc/ 

Important Dates and Events

Wear your orange shirt

We also encourage all UWinnipeg faculty, staff, and students to wear orange shirts on this day.

Orange Shirt Day began in Williams Lake, BC, in 2013 as a commemorative event for the Survivors of St. Joseph Mission Residential School. The idea of wearing shirts to remember the experiences of Survivors came from the story of Phyllis Webstad. In 1974, at the age of six, Phyllis was forced to attend St. Joseph Mission. She was proud to wear a brand-new orange shirt to school that day but, upon arrival, it was cruelly stripped from her and never returned.

Orange Shirt Day has grown to represent the generations of stolen children who never came home, the resilience and strength of Survivors, and the courage of families as they work to reclaim their own stories and traditions.

Saturday, September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day 

The University of Winnipeg campus will be closed. There are no classes on this day.