Come out to hear the creator and founder of Orange Shirt Day talk about her new book, tell her story and share her inspiring message. This event is for everyone who is invested in learning, listening, and taking part in something special. We welcome families and all ages to this event.
Location: Theatre, UBC Robson Square
Hybrid events are held in person, you will also be able to watch it live streamed from our Youtube channel.
Type: In Conversation
Sponsored By Pace Accounting
Moderator: Alison Tedford Seaweed
Reader: Phyllis Webstad, Every Child Matters (Medicine Wheel Publishing)
About The Moderator
Alison Tedford is an author and business consultant from Abbotsford, BC. Her career has centered around diversity, equity, inclusion and creating social impact. She’s a member of Kwakiutl First Nation, a mom and woman with a disability. Alison spent over a decade working on Indigenous inclusion issues in the Canadian federal government and has been a full time entrepreneur for six years.
About The Reader
As founder of Orange Shirt Day and ambassador for Orange Shirt Society, Phyllis Webstad, a Residential School Survivor, facilitates dialogue around the Indian Residential School system and creates space for healing and Truth and Reconciliation. Over Phyllis’s career, she has acquired diplomas in both Business Administration from Nicola Valley Institute of Technology and Accounting from Thompson Rivers University (TRU). In 2022, Phyllis received an honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from Ontario Tech University for her advocacy for Indigenous Peoples. A published author, Phyllis has a number of best-selling books that share her story in her own words. Due to Phyllis's work, a simple orange shirt has become a conversation starter for all aspects of Indian Residential Schools across Turtle Island. Phyllis is Northern Secwépemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem'c Xget'tem First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band), and she currently resides in Williams Lake, British Columbia with her husband. Phyllis can often be found with her grandchildren on the banks of the Fraser River at her family’s annual summer fish camp.
