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Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day takes place every year on September 30th. It originally started out in St. Joseph Mission residential school. The main goal of this day is to recognize and reconcile the hardships that Indigenous peoples faced through residential schools. September 30th falls around the time period that Indigenous children were taken away to residential schools hence why the date was chosen.

Background
This day originates from Phyllis Webstad's story. Phyllis Webstad arrived at the Mission residential school when she was six years old. On the first day of school she wore a bright orange short and upon arrival they stripped her of her clothes which included the orange shirt. She explains that the color orange has always been associated with that day when she felt disregarded and worthless. Her personal experience inspired her to start Orange Shirt Day in 2013.