Xe Xe Smun' Eem-Victoria Orange Shirt Day Ceremony
Schedule
Fri Sep 30 2022 at 10:00 am
Location
Centennial Square | Victoria, BC
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Wear orange and join us for the Xe Xe Smun' Eem-Victoria Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters Ceremony on Friday, September 30 from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in Centennial Square. Victoria Orange Shirt Day T-shirts and hoodies will be available for purchase starting at 9 a.m. Xe Xe Smun' Eem means "Sacred Children" in the Cowichan or Quw utsun language.
The ceremony will include a First Nations welcome and land acknowledgement, Indigenous performances and guest speakers who will share their personal experiences with residential schools and reconciliation.
The annual raising of the Victoria Orange Shirt Day flag will be followed by 15 drum beats and a minute of silence to honour and remember those who did not survive residential schools. The flag will be lowered to half-mast after the ceremony.
The event will be emceed by Indigenous Perspectives Society Executive Director Rachelle Dallaire who is from the Montagnais people in lower Quebec and is an intergenerational survivor.
Event organizers Eddy Charlie and Kristin Spray will speak to the importance of raising awareness about residential schools to honour the more than 6,000 children who died and the sacrifices that were made by 150,000 residential school survivors and their families across Canada.
All are welcome to this free event. Rain or shine.
The ceremony will be live streamed on the City’s Facebook page and on the CHEK+ app.
(Artwork by Bear Horne.)
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Where is it happening?
Centennial Square, ,Victoria,BC,CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
