LRCSS’ Diversity, Equity and Belonging Committee have developed a Land Acknowledgement statement. Read the statement and learn more about the process used to develop it and how it will be used in our organization moving forward.

8 places you can find authentic orange shirts from Indigenous creators, Indigenous-owned organizations or shops that donate profits to Indigenous causes.

Orange Shirt Day was named after Phyllis Webstad’s favourite orange shirt which was taken away from her in 1973 on her first day at a residential school.

This is a copy of the DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMUNITY of PRACTICE (DEI CoP) – DURHAM REGION’s Commitment Statement issued by the committee on Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 9:01 AM in response to the disturbing news on school yearbooks emanating out of Pickering, ON. in which a black student’s yearbook tribute to his grandmother was replaced with a racist slur