BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;Peel CAS offices will be closed on Wednesday\, September 30 to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will re-open o n Thursday\, October 1 at 9am. \;The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools\, their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of re sidential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.The d ate September 30th was chosen because it was the time of year in which chi ldren were taken from their homes to be brought to residential schools. To day\, the government recognizes September 30th as the National Day of Trut h and Reconciliation\, and we encourage all workers to wear orange to supp ort and honour the thousands of survivors of residential schools. \;We ar OrangeOrange Shirt Day began as an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorat ive day to raise awareness of the inter-generational trauma caused by resi dential schools on Indigenous people and their communities. \; A survi vor named Phyllis Webstad shared her story of attending residential school . Phyllis’ grandmother bought her a shiny new orange shirt for her first d ay at residential school and when she got there\, they took her clothes fr om her\, including the orange shirt. She couldn’t understand why they took it\, and she never wore it again. She described how all the little childr en were crying\, no one cared\, and she felt like she was worth nothing.&n bsp\;From her sharing her story\, the orange shirt became a symbol of the impacts of residential schools on Indigenous communities\, honouring the s urvivors and that “Every Child Matters”. \; \; DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260926T001751Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Peel CAS Office closed - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation UID:RFCALITEM639259642710699258 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Peel CAS offices will be closed on Wednesday\, September 30 to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will re-open on Thursday\, October 1 at 9am.

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The day honours the lost children and Survivors of re sidential schools\, their families and communities. Public commemoration o f the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential school s is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

The date Sep tember 30th was chosen because it was the time of year in which children w ere taken from their homes to be brought to residential schools. Today\, t he government recognizes September 30th as the National Day of Truth and R econciliation\, and we encourage all workers to wear orange to support and honour the thousands of survivors of residential schools.

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Wear Orange

Orange Shirt Day began as an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day t o raise awareness of the inter-generational trauma caused by residential s chools on Indigenous people and their communities. \; A survivor named Phyllis Webstad shared her story of attending residential school. Phyllis ’ grandmother bought her a shiny new orange shirt for her first day at res idential school and when she got there\, they took her clothes from her\, including the orange shirt. She couldn’t understand why they took it\, and she never wore it again. She described how all the little children were c rying\, no one cared\, and she felt like she was worth nothing. \;

From her sharing her story\, the orange shirt became a symbol of the impacts of residential schools on Indigenous communities\ , honouring the survivors and that “Every Child Matters”. \;

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