The following photos were taken at UBC’s Vancouver campus at the Orange Shirt Day Intergenerational March, September 30, 2022. We are grateful to the organizers of the March–Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager of EDI and Indigeneity for the Faculty of Applied Science and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and Danilo Caron, Indigenous Student Engagement Coordinator, for sharing these images.
Photos by Paul Joseph, Jamil Rhajiak, and Oliver Mann, UBC.
Orange t-shirts, at left and right, designed in 2022 by Musqueam artist Darryl Blyth. In the centre, the 2021 design by Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun
March organizer Dana-Lyn Mackenzie addresses the crowd
Dana-Lyn MacKenzie, in a custom t-shirt, greets the crowd
March co-organizer Danilo Caron preps volunteers
Members of Coastal Wolf Pack perform to commence the march
Members of Coastal Wolf Pack perform to commence the march
Members of Coastal Wolf Pack perform to commence the march
Members of Coastal Wolf Pack perform to commence the march
Members of Coastal Wolf Pack perform to commence the march
The sea of orange shirts fill the space around the Residential School History and Dialogue Centre as the start of the March
Marchers head down Main Mall following the performances
Marchers approach the Reconciliation Pole
The crowd gathered again at the reconciliation pole to hear the experiences of Elder and IRS Survivor John Jones
Danilo Caron speaks at the reconciliation pole
Painting the cairn
Crafting activities inside the Centre
Visitors at the Interactive wall inside the Centre
Banners created in collaboration with Musqueam
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