The NWT government is launching grants of up to $2,500 to help Indigenous governments and communities run National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events.
The territory has recognized September 30 as a statutory holiday since 2022.
The first Orange Shirt Day was created in 2013 by Phyllis Jack Webstad. Her first memory of arriving at a residential school in 1973 was being stripped of her clothes and, most painfully, a brand new orange shirt given to her by her grandmother.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal government to recognize the day as a statutory holiday. Ottawa did so in 2021.
In a Friday news release, the territorial government said grants of up to $2,500 would “support Indigenous governments, and Indigenous organizations and communities to plan and deliver National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in locations across the Northwest Territories.”
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You can apply after events have taken place. Applications are accepted until October 31.
Visit the GNWT’s website for more information.
