Saturday is Orange Shirt Day, a day to honour the survivors and remember the brutal history of residential schools here in Canada.

Cora Grant, a grade eight teacher from Westwood School, spoke to 102.9 CHTM about why it’s important for her to teach her students. She said that the history of residential schools is something that isn’t widely known, and that she feels it is her responsibility, as a teacher, to teach them about the subject.

Grant added that they will have a residential school survivor from Norway House, a relative of one of her students, visiting her class tomorrow.

The School District of Mystery Lake will be marking the day tomorrow, instead of on the actual day, since there is no school on Saturday.

CHTM will play playing audio tributes to survivors and reminders to wear an orange t-shirt, recorded by Grant’s students, throughout the day tomorrow.