Wearing an orange shirt on September 30th to acknowledge the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is just the beginning.

Bruce Krentz, Health Promotion Coordinator for the Northern Health Region adds other ways we can support this important day.

“You can take a moment of silence to honour those that are impacted by Residential Schools and also to honour their families and some of the children that never made it home. You can learn what traditional lands you live on, the nations that called that home and memorial. Reading and listening to stories of Residential School survivors and there are people in our community who can tell you stories about surviving Residential School experiences.”

There will be an Orange Shirt day event at the TRCC tomorrow from 5 to 7 pm, put on by the City of Thompson and the Ma Mow We Tak friendship Centre.

On Monday, Keewatin Tribal Council is sponsoring a drone light show at the TRCC.

The show will explain the Train of Tears and how the train carried indigenous children from their homes and transported them to residential schools.

It begins at 8:30 pm and will be followed by fireworks.