2024 Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Commemoration
This event is hosted University-wide.
Join us on Monday September 30 from 10:30am to 12:00pm to honour the experiences of residential school survivors by joining a University-wide event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Students, librarians, faculty members, and staff can register to attend this event in person or watch the live stream.
Orange Shirt Day has been observed on September 30th annually for several years. In June 2021, the Federal Government passed legislation formally recognizing September 30th as the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.
The commemoration is being held in the Great Hall at Hart House (7 Hart House Circle, Toronto) on Monday, September 30, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 am.
Agenda:
Registration Opens | 9:30 am
- Light refreshments will be available
Official Program | 10:00 - 11:30 am
- Land Acknowledgement
- Jay-Daniel Baghbanan, Vice-President of Student Life, Faculty of Music Undergraduate Association, and Student, Classical Voice Performance, Faculty of Music
- Welcome
- David Kim, Warden, Hart House
- Remarks
- Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto
- Bill Gough, Acting Vice-President, University of Toronto, and Principal, University of Toronto Scarborough
- Keynote Address
- Shirley Cheechoo, Canadian Cree Actor, Artist, Filmmaker and Founder of Weengushk Film Institute
- Closing Remarks
- Wesley J. Hall, Chancellor, University of Toronto
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