Orange Shirt Day & National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Events 2026

Wednesday, September 30, 10am-2pm

Jackson Park (125 Tecumseh Rd. E, Windsor, ON)

Join in an honour walk, to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Speakers, fire, drums, food and  activities. All are welcome.

Organized by the Orange Shirt Day Committee.

On view September 3, 2026 – November 1, 2026

Art Windsor-Essex (401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, ON) WFCU Eco-Lounge, 3rd floor

Art Windsor-Essex partnered with the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board on an artwork display featuring butterflies created by students in Windsor-Essex. Butterflies, or memengwaa in Ojibwe, symbolize transformation, growth, and resilience. In this student art exhibition, they represent the ongoing journey of reconciliation, a process of learning, reflection, understanding, and positive change.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• 12pm Opening Ceremony 
• 4pm Closing Ceremony 

Navy Yard Park (252 Dalhousie St, Amherstburg, ON)

Everyone is welcome to join Ska:na Family Learning Centre at Navy Yard Park as we come together to honour residential school survivors and remember those who never made it home.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 10am

Caldwell First Nation Community Hall (14 Orange Street, Leamington, ON)

Caldwell First Nation is hosting a community-led gathering on Caldwell’s Traditional Territory to honour children who did not return home, Survivor’s or residential schools, and their families, and support intergenerational healing through remembrance, ceremony, drumming and dancing. Meet at the Community Hall by 9:30am. Smudge, walk down Erie Street to Roma Club. Everyone welcome.

Contact Carrrie Ann Peters by email at [email protected](External link).