Lakeshore Offices to Close for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, 2025

Join Caldwell First Nation for their Orange Shirt Day Walk on September 30, 2025, starting at 9:30 AM. The walk will begin at the Caldwell First Nation Community Hall (4-22 Orange Street) and head to the Portuguese Club starting at 10:00 AM. The event will run from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM and include lunch, drumming, crafts, and sharing. For more information, read the promotional poster or contact cultural.dev@caldwellfirstnation.ca. 

The Town of Kingsville will host an annual Orange Shirt Day Walk on Monday, starting at the Kingsville Recreation Complex at Noon. 

Join the City of Windsor, Windsor Public Library, and Museum Windsor for a range of public events.  

On Saturday, September 27, 2025, the Town of Amherstburg will host their Truth and Reconciliation Gathering events at Navy Yard Park, Park House Museum, and Downtown Amherstburg from Noon to 4:00 PM. 

Join the University of Windsor for their Every Child Matters Walk & Flag Raising starting at from 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM at the River Commons and Chrysler Hall Tower Courtyard. Plus, check out more campus resources on their Orange Shirt Day page. 

Learn about the history of Orange Shirt Day.

Read the reports issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, including the 94 Calls to Action and the history of Canada's residential schools. 

Learn about the country’s progress on the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action with the CBC’s Beyond 94 interactive graphic. 

Understand concepts of reconciliation with the Yellowhead Institute’s “How Do You Like Your Reconciliation?” diagram which describes how trends "reflect the limitations and possibilities of reconciliation in contemporary Canada. 

Learn the significance of the Survivors Flag.  

Learn about Indigenous Solidarity Guidelines from the OFL Aboriginal Circle (PDF). 

Discover the stories of residential school survivors with The Witness Blanket from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Inspired by a woven blanket, the project is a large-scale work of art. It contains hundreds of items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures from across Canada.  

Visit the Government of Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation page.  

Visit the Province of Ontario's Learn the Legacy page.  

Access learning resources about First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 

Watch APTNtv programming on September 30. 

Watch and listen to the stories of residential school survivors from the Legacy of Hope Foundation. 

Learn about the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and the Government of Canada's progress on achieving its goals.