For Orange Shirt Day, several institutions are raising funds for the Orange Shirt Society and other initiatives by selling shirts designed by their students and graduates. McMaster University student Talon Singleton (Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation) designed a shirt with a child in front of a sun, symbolizing life and hope. Red River College Polytechnic Nursing student Dasia Chatkanas’s shirt features a scene of footprints moving between the trees. The shirt by Selkirk College graduate Kamala Melzack features three children—representing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit—with a bear and four ancestors or Elders. University of Toronto Mississauga student MJ Singleton (Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation) designed a shirt depicting a mother holding hands with her two children. Wilfrid Laurier University student Arrianna Carello (Henvey Inlet First Nation) designed a shirt featuring a circle of braided sweetgrass, the Grand River, and two hands reaching out to each other.
