Orange Shirt Day Design Contest Winner

Tolko Industries Ltd.
March 1, 2021
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

Orange Shirt Society and Tolko Industries Ltd., together with our partner Leading Edge Promo, are pleased to announce this year’s winner of the Society’s art contest, sponsored by Tolko, and to introduce the official 2021 Orange Shirt Day design. Shayne Hommy, a Grade 11 First Nation Cree student at South Peace Secondary School, in Dawson Creek, submitted the winning entry. She said, “Orange Shirt Day means justice and awareness for Indigenous people. My Moosum (grandfather) attended residential school so it means a lot to me that someone I love and care about so much had to experience residential school.” Her design was chosen from entries submitted from across Canada. …“The annual art contest provides students across Canada the opportunity to reflect on Orange Shirt Day and reconciliation,” said Brad Thorlakson, President & CEO of Tolko. “I would like to congratulate Shayne on her winning design, demonstrating the unity of Indigenous peoples, especially girls, in the face of adversity.”

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