The union representing British Columbia teachers is calling on members to wear orange and schools to lower flags to half-mast this week, to honour the 215 children found in an unmarked mass grave at the former Kamloops residential school.
B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Teri Mooring told Global News the union had passed a motion supporting the initiative at already-planned meetings over the weekend. READ MORE: ‘Remember us’: Orange Shirt Day’s B.C.
founder says residential schools still recent history Teachers are also planning walk-ins as a show of solidarity with Indigenous students and staff. “We want to support teachers as they try to make sense of this tragedy with their students, and so we are — this is one way of reaching out
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