Orange Shirt Day events: Sept.26-30
(September 15, 2017) - Orange Shirt Day events
Members of the public are invited to mark Orange Shirt Day with a variety of events sponsored by the University of Victoria. Orange Shirt Day, on Sept. 30, has become an annual opportunity to honour the Indigenous peoples whose families and communities have been impacted by the residential school system, to continue the discussion about all aspects of residential schools and to support anti-racism and anti-bullying work.
For more information about UVic’s Orange Shirt Day events, visit uvic.ca/info/orangeshirtday
Tuesday, Sept. 26: Our Voices, Our Stories
What: Film screening of “Our Voices, Our Stories” with guest speaker Alex Nelson
When: Tuesday, Sept. 26 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Cinecenta, Student Union Building, UVic
Thursday, Sept. 28: Remembering the residential school experience
What: Film screening of “Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle” with panel discussion
When: Thursday, Sept. 28 from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Where: Cinecenta, Student Union Building, UVic
Decolonization of research in data collection and analysis
What: “Decolonizing Research and Indigenizing Data”
Who: Jacqueline Quinless, Dept. of Sociology and UVic Libraries’ Council on Library and Information Resources Data Fellow, and Donna Feir, Dept. of Economics
When: Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Where: Room 308, Digital Scholarship Commons, Mearns Centre for Learning – McPherson Library, UVic