An Evening with author Phyllis Webstad
Library and Archives Canada and the Ottawa Public Library invite you to an evening with author Phyllis Webstad.
As founding member of Orange Shirt Day and founding member and CEO for the non-profit organization Orange Shirt Society, Phyllis Webstad facilitates dialogue around the Indian Residential School system and creates space for education, awareness and healing.
Orange Shirt Day—National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, recognized annually on September 30—is a day to honour residential school survivors and their families and to remember those that never made it home. It is a day for people to reflect, educate themselves and commit to truth and reconciliation.
About the author
A published author, Phyllis Webstad has six books that share her story in her own words: The Orange Shirt Story, Phyllis’s Orange Shirt, Beyond the Orange Shirt Story, With Our Orange Hearts, Every Child Matters, and Today is Orange Shirt Day. Due to Phyllis’s work, a simple orange shirt has become a conversation starter about all aspects of Indian Residential Schools across the country and beyond.
Phyllis is Northern Secwépemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band). She currently resides in Williams Lake, British Columbia, with her husband.
Event details
- Date
- Thursday, June 26, 2025
- Time
- 7:00 p.m. (Eastern time)
- Admission
- Free admission; registration is required
- Location
- Library and Archives Canada
Alfred Pellan Room
- Event address
- 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa (Ontario)
Registration
Free tickets are required to attend. Seating is limited, so please register:
Register
For more information about this event, please email evenements-events@bac-lac.gc.ca.