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June 20, 2023


New picture book by Orange Shirt Day creator Phyllis Webstad to explore meaning of ‘Every Child Matters’

Every Child Matters will be published on Aug. 8, 2023 CBC News: Phyllis Webstad, the founder of Orange Shirt Day, and author of several books for young people — Phyllis’s Orange Shirt, With Our Orange Hearts and Beyond the Orange Shirt Story is publishing a new picture book called Every Child Matters. Orange Shirt Day honours residential school survivors, their families...

May, 2013


Phyllis Webstad’s Story

I went to the Mission for one school year in 1973/1974. I had just turned 6 years old. I lived with my grandmother on the Dog Creek reserve. We never had very much money, but somehow my granny managed to buy me a new outfit to go to the Mission school. I remember going to...

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