Truth and Reconciliation Day, 'We are all one': Schools mark Orange Shirt Day with helping hands

Students at George Jay Elementary School wearing orange shirts and holding paper ­“helping hands” decorated with Coast Salish art gathered for a special outdoor assembly ­Thursday afternoon.

“We spent the week doing different activities to build ­children’s understanding of why we’re having the day,” Winkler said. “Really it’s to bring awareness to the concept of ‘Every Child Matters’,” said Carr, whose great, great grandmother survived residential schooling. Having her son with her was very meaningful, Bear said. “It’s crazy to think that kids that are only a couple of years older than him were taken to residential school,” she said. “I’m so grateful that he’s being raised around culture and able to come to events like this, because a lot of our elders didn’t get to grow up this way.Bear said she learned about the horrors of residential schools when she came to Camosun 10 years ago.

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