Lasting impacts – MUN Gazette
Sept. 27, 2022
Friday, Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
It is a day to reflect on the history and legacy of residential schools in this country and in our province.
Newfoundland and Labrador had five residential schools; the legacy of those schools continues to this day.
There were four in the Labrador communities of Cartwright, Makkovik, Nain, and Northwest River and one in the Newfoundland community of St. Anthony.
Intergenerational impacts
Orange Shirt Day was started by residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad in 2013.
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