In 2021, Canada passed legislation to create the federal statutory holiday called the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Indigenous communities had been celebrating Orange Shirt Day in Canada for several years prior to the government’s holiday. The day commemorates the Indigenous children that were traditionally forced to return to boarding schools on September 30, and their families as well. As discussed in our earlier post, the Canadian boarding school system for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children was modeled
