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B.C. teachers to wear orange shirts to honour children found dead at residential school

Discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children was confirmed by the Tk香蕉视频直播檈ml煤ps te Secwe虂pemc First Nation
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FILE 香蕉视频直播 The fence of Erickson Elementary School was lined with 22 orange shirts on Sept. 30 in honour of Orange Shirt Day. (Aaron Hemens - Creston Valley Advance)

The union representing B.C. teachers said it is asking for school districts across the province to fly flags at half-mast next week in honour of the 215 Indigenous children found dead on the grounds of a Kamloops residential school.

The discovery of the bodies was confirmed Thursday (May 27) by the Tk香蕉视频直播檈ml煤ps te Secwe虂pemc First Nation. The Kamloops Indian Residential School operated from the late 1800s until 1977 and the Tk香蕉视频直播檈mlups te Secw茅pemc said there were as many as 500 children enrolled at the school at one time. The children香蕉视频直播檚 remains were found by using ground penetrating radar.

The B.C. Teachers香蕉视频直播 Federation said it will be working with its local unions to organize orange shirt walk-ins next week in honour of the children. is officially held in September each year to commemorate the experience Indigenous peoples endured in residential schools, to honour the healing of survivors and their families and to continue to work towards reconciliation.

National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419.

READ MORE: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in Kamloops

READ MORE: Survivor support needed in wake of 香蕉视频直播榰nimaginable香蕉视频直播 mass burial discovery: Splatsin chief


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