Orange Shirt day

Residential schools operated in Canada for over 150 years.

• True

• False

Children attending residential schools often experienced a variety of abuses that resulted in intergenerational trauma

• True

• False

When did the Canadian government finally apologize for it's part in residential schools?

• 1900

• 2008

• 1982

• 1955

What year did residential schools close?

• 1920

• 1970

• 1969

• 1996

Approximately how many residential schools were there across Canada?

• 20-30

• 50-60

• 130-140

• 540-550

How many Indigenous children attended residential schools?

• At least 150,000

• Less than 2,000

• About 12,000

What is the current term used to foster a mutually respectful relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people?

• Harmony

• Settlement

• Reconciliation

• Accordance

The orange shirt symbolizes the many loses Indigenous children experienced in the residential schools

• True

• False

When was September 30th declared a National day of remembrance?

• 2000

• 2014

• 2021

• 2019

The orange shirt story originated from a book written by Phyllis Webstad in 2018

• True

• False