Vancouver Island towns and cities and schools are lowering flags today and promoting the wearing of orange shirts in honour of the 215 children whose remains were found at a former residential . . .
Island education leaders are expressing shock and sorrow at the discovery of the of remains of 215 Indigenous children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Greater Victoria School . . .
VICTORIA Vancouver Island children and teachers are being encouraged to wear orange shirts this week in memory of the 215 children whose remains were found on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops. “That is a step in the conversation,” said Shelly Niemi, district administrator for Indigenous education with the Greater Victoria School District. Senior staff at the school district met over the weekend to discuss how to begin conversations in the schools about last Friday’s findings in Kamloops. “Where do we start to have these conversations and not just on Sept. 30 on Orange Shirt Day?” said Niemi. “How do we collectively do this as a continuation right throughout the entire school year?”
1940 Vic High grad’s estate donates $126,000 for bursary The Victoria High School Alumni Association has received a $126,000 donation from the estate of a woman who graduated from the Fernwood . . .
The public has one more chance to provide input on the Greater Victoria School District budget tonight, with possible cuts to music programs, family counsellors and other services continuing to . . .