Season 4 Episode 7: Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Sep 26, 2022

Kukpi7 (Chief) Willie Sellars recently sat down with podcast hosts Tracy Mooney and Jade Chaboyer-Kondra to discuss Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Serving as Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) Chief since 2018, Chief Sellars also sits on Interior Health's Board of Directors.

Learn more

• Chief Sellars biography
• Williams Lake First Nation
• St. Joseph’s Mission Investigation
• Orange Shirt Society
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

How will you commit to truth and reconciliation?

• Register for the free HRx Truth and Reconciliation Webinar Sept. 26 ‘Embracing Truth for Meaningful Reconciliation’
• Check out the Orange Shirt Day Toolkit on the InsideNet
• Familiarize yourself with the Residential School sites in the Interior Region
• Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)’s Calls to Action

Additional Orange Shirt Day resources and events

• Watch Phyllis Webstad - On Orange Shirt Day
• Register for the Yellowhead Institute's Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation, 10 a.m.-12:30 pm. (1-3:30 p.m. EDT), Sept. 29
• 9th Annual Orange Shirt Day, Williams Lake Stampede Grounds, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Walk for the Children in Penticton on September 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hosted by Okanagan Nation Alliance
• Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society (442- Leon Avenue, Kelowna) is hosting two events:
  • National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Day - Thursday, Sept. 29, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. - E-mail KFS or call 250-300-3075 for information
  • Sisters in Spirit Vigil - Tuesday, Oct. 4 - 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. E-mail KFS or call 250-300-3075 for information