Several events Monday will provide opportunities for reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

Sept. 30 is a day to reflect and honour survivors, their families, and communities affected by the legacy of Indian residential schools.

Members of the UWindsor community will gather on the River Commons at 9:30 a.m. to hear from artist Teresa Altiman of the Walpole Island First Nation discussing the meaning of her sculpture “the Big Turtle.” Following that, a walk will lead to the raising of the Orange Shirt Day flag outside Chrysler Hall Tower.

Orange Shirt Day is moving into its 11th year of raising awareness of residential schools and the stories of survivors, notes Aboriginal outreach and retention co-ordinator Kat Pasquach.

“Phylis Webstat’s story of her orange shirt brought so many survivors together, and the national movement continues to engage and educate this country,” Pasquach says. “On our campus, it’s rewarding seeing so many of our student allies being proactive and educating others about truth and reconciliation. There are events being planned both on and off campus that I hope that not only students attend, but our entire campus community.”

The Faculty of Law invites students and employees to meet outside the Ron W. Ianni building at 1 p.m., wearing orange shirts for a group photo.

The lights along Turtle Island Walk will glow orange through the month of October.

A pop-up sale of T-shirts, toques, lawn signs, cookbooks, and buttons will benefit programming for Indigenous students at the Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28.

An “Every Child Matters” walk will set out from the Vision Corridor adjacent to Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Drive W., at noon on Monday, Sept. 30.

Additional events are scheduled for local communities. Find details on the Orange Shirt Day website.