In recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Fleming College has organized a week’s worth of events and activities to honour the day on their campuses beginning on Monday.
A children’s shoe collection will be on display at Sutherland, Frost and Haliburton Campuses from Monday through Friday, recognizing, remembering, and honouring Indigenous Children who were lost to Residential Schools.
Nish Tees, a local Indigenous business, will be selling orange shirts throughout the week at scheduled times. All proceeds will be donated to the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
A full schedule of events can be found below:
Sutherland Campus: Orange shirts will be on sale from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Shirts are $20 each for students, $25 for the rest of the Fleming community.
Monday, Sept. 25: Welcome and Drum Opening: Main Foyer, 10 – 11 a.m. Orange Shirt Beading: Main Foyer, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 26: Reading of “Phyllis’s Orange Shirt”: Main Foyer, 10 – 11 a.m. Screening of “The Secret Path”: Whetung Theatre, B3 100, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 27: Orange Rock Painting: Steele Centre Patio, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 28: Reading of “Phyllis’s Orange Shirt”: Main Foyer, 1 – 2 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 29: Rock Painting and Orange Shirt Beading: Main Foyer, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Frost Campus
Thursday, Sept. 28 and Friday, Sept. 29: Reading of “Phyllis’s Orange Shirt”: ISS Lounge 180A, 12 – 12:30 p.m. Orange Rock Painting: ISS Lounge 180A, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Haliburton Campus Wednesday, Sept. 27: Orange Shirt Sales and Orange Rock Painting: The Great Hall, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.