Orange Shirt Day – September 29, 2017

Orange Shirt Day – September 29, 2017

On Friday September 29, students and staff across the TDSB will come together and wear Orange Shirts to recognize the harm that the Residential School System did to First Nations, Métis and Inuit children and to recognize that "Every Child Matters."

Orange shirt day is a movement that officially began in 2013 but in reality it began in 1973 when six-year-old Phyllis Webstad entered the St. Joseph Mission Residential School, outside of Williams Lake, BC. The date, September 30, was chosen because that was the time of the year the trucks and buses would enter the communities to “collect” the children and deliver them to their harsh new reality of cultural assimilation, mental, sexual and physical abuse, shame and deprivation. The impact of residential schools affects every Canadian. (Bob Joseph, Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples, 2015) Honouring this day shows our commitment of Reconciliation. In First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities today, youth, parents and co-workers have either attended a Residential School or are inter-generationally affected by this attempt at cultural genocide.   This is an opportunity for educators to enrich teaching in learning environments by engaging in critical conversations and to share why and how Orange Shirt Day came about. To learn more about Orange Shirt Day, please read Phyllis Webstad's story online.

 

Puppet Show ~ Thursday, September 28

PUPPET SHOW

The PFLC will be going to a Puppet Show

 at Parliament Branch library (269 Gerrard St. East)

on Thursday, September 28.  We will leave the PFLC to walk there at 10:10.

Or you can meet us there for 10:30.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Book Bank ~ September 27

On Wednesday, September 27 we will be going to the

BOOK BANK

(350 Berkeley Street).

You can join us and walk over at 10:30

or

you can plan to meet us there for 10:45.

We look forward to seeing you!

The PFLC will be closed while we are at the Book Bank.

Wednesday, September 20 - CLOSED

The PFLC will be

 CLOSED 

on Wednesday, September 20.

Tuesday, Sept. 19 ~ Visiting Seniors

During the 2017/2018 school year the PFLC will be making monthly visits to

The Rekai Centre

(345 Sherbourne St, Toronto)

which is a multicultural downtown senior’s center.

We will be visiting on

Tuesday, September 19

Activity: Getting to Know You Games!!

During the 2017/ 2018 school year, the PFLC is participating in

The Grandpals Social Visiting Program at the Rekai Centre

on the 3rd Tuesday of every month between 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

at 345 Sherbourne Street.

You can either walk over to the Senior’s Center with us at 9:45 or meet us there.

Tuesday, September 19 ~ Getting to Know You – Name Tags and Games

Tuesday, October 31 ~ Halloween Parade in Costumes

Tuesday, November 21 ~ Winter White Collage

Tuesday, December 19 ~ Santa Visit/Christmas Carol

Tuesday, January 16 ~ Story Time

Tuesday, February 20 ~ Intergenerational Mosaic

Tuesday, March 20 ~   Easter Bunny Visit

Tuesday, April 17 ~ Seedling Planting

Tuesday, May 15 ~ Planting

Friday, June 1 ~ Intergenerational Day BBQ at Wellesley Central Place

We are open!