Letter: The Conversations Sparked by Orange T-Shirts

Muckpaloo Ipeelie reflects on Orange Shirt Day, the legacy of residential schools, and the importance of learning, healing, and allyship in breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma.

Muckpaloo Ipeelie of the Urban Inuit Identity Project. Image provided.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

My name is Muckpaloo Ipeelie, and I own Urban Inuit Identity Project Inc. in Blue Mountain, where advocacy takes place every day. The journey and new beginnings have unfolded with the love of many community supporters. Still, there is much work to do.

For us now, i…