All flags will be lowered at schools across Haldimand-Norfolk today.
Flags at Grand Erie District School Board schools and worksites will be lowered to mourn the 215 children whose remains were recently found at the site of the former Kamloops Residential School in Kamloops,
BC.
The flags will be lowered for nine days, which amounts to 215 hours to represent the life of each child lost.
For the month of June, the board is also encouraging students, staff, families and community members are also encouraged to wear orange in honour of their memory.
At the beginning of Grand Erie’s Board meeting tonight, there will also be a moment of silence.
Indigenous communities across Canada will also hold a moment of silence today at 2:15 p.m.
The Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, a former residential school, will place 215 pairs of moccasins on their steps to honour the lost souls.