Schools celebrate National Ribbon Skirt Day

Schools and community organizations across Canada celebrated National Ribbon Skirt Day earlier this month. The day was first officially celebrated in 2023 to honour a Grade 5 student from the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan who was shamed for wearing a ribbon skirt to school in 2020. Schools such as Horton High School, Oyama Traditional School, and Portage College issued statements about the significance of the day and encouraged staff and students to wear their ribbon skirts with pride. The non-profit organization Growing Young Movers spoke to CKOM about its ongoing work to create a ribbon skirt library, where students from the nearby Scott Collegiate High School will be able to borrow garments when they need them.

Horton | Oyama | Portage | CKOM (GYM)