This is the third year for BCMC Orange Shirt Day Hike and we will be doing a 3 km hike at Capilano River Park. You can find details of the hike here - 

https://www.outdoorvancouver.ca/capilano-river-park-hike/

I will be hiking with my family, and we will be wearing Orange t-shirts. I encourage you to wear orange t-shirts, ribbons, etc. 

We will meet at the Cleveland Dam Parking Lot at 09:00 am on Sep 30.

What is Orange Shirt Day?

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day that honours the children who survived Indian Residential Schools and remembers those who did not. This day relates to the experience of Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwpemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, on her first day of school, where she arrived dressed in a new orange shirt, which was taken from her. It is now a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.

Source: 

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html

https://www.orangeshirtday.org/

Learn more about the Indigenous Peoples in Canada: 

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1621447127773/1621447157184

Image: BCMC - Orange Shirt Day Hike 2021 - Grouse Grind

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