This is the fifth year for BCMC Orange Shirt Day Hike and we will be doing a short family friendly hike in Rice Lake. You can find details of the hike here - 

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/rice-lake-loop

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 Rice Lake Parking Lot (near the washroom) at 8:30 am. If you need a ride please post in the planning forum and we can figure out the carpool.

You are welcome to bring a family member on the hike. For non-BCMC members, please fill out the waivers for adult/minor and send it to me to confirm trip participation. 

Adults - https://bcmc.ca/bcmc/forms/BCMC-Universal-Waiver-Basic+Water%20PAPER%20Aug%202018%20Final.pdf

Minors - https://bcmc.ca/bcmc/forms/BCMC-Universal-Waiver-Basic+Water%20PAPER%20Minors%20Aug%202018%20Final.pdf

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

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