National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day – September 30, 2025

For more than a century, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their homes and placed in residential schools. This government policy had individual, family, and community intergenerational trauma impacts. At The City, we believe you can support Truth and Reconciliation every day.

Join us to commemorate Indian residential school victims, honour survivors and their families, and commit to acting on reconciliation. Remembering the Children.

Tuesday, Sept. 30, 9 - 10:30 a.m. at The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland, 750 9 Ave SE | Live Stream: calgary.ca/orangeshirtday

The event will host presentations from various speakers, including the Mayor, Indigenous Elders, and school board representatives at The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland (previously Fort Calgary). A blessing from an Elder will start the event and Indigenous dancers will perform during. 

Everyone is strongly encouraged to wear orange as a sign of support and to honour the children who didn't return from residential schools across the country.