September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. Both days are intended to honour the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as to recognize the inter-generational impacts of residential schools on individuals, families, and communities.

As part of our ongoing mission of reconciliation and decolonization, Fort Calgary will be offering a variety of free programming all day, including:

• Free museum admission
• Two walking tours
• Family-friendly crafts
• An after-hours screening of the film Bones of Crows with guest speaker Michelle Thrush

We highly encourage visitors to our site on this day to come wearing an orange shirt or other orange clothing items, such as scarves, hats, buttons, etc. If you are in need of an orange shirt, we recommend purchasing from the Orange Shirt Society, a non-profit organization that aims to create awareness of the generational impacts of Residential Schools through Orange Shirt Day activities. You can purchase a shirt from their website here.