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Accepting the truth

Saying that right relations with aboriginal people “has to start with truth,” Bishop Sue Moxley acknowledged that she had to come to terms with the fact that the Anglican Church of Canada was complicit in the damage brought about by Indian residential schools.

‘It was extremely emotional’

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION Students listen to Mik’maq drummers. Photo: Marites N. Sison Halifax— About 600 students from various high schools here were

Making dreams a reality

Hope springs eternal Canon Judy Rois is encouraging more Anglicans to make a difference. Photo: Marites N. Sison Go forth and spread the word. The

Environment plan

The Anglican Communion Environment Network (ACEN) has developed an action plan that sets out concrete steps to address climate change. The plan, to be released

A total of 40,000 birthdays went uncelebrated among those attending the TRC eventThe Rt. Rev. Lydia Mamakwa. All Photos: Marites N. Sison

Writer’s diary

For a moment in time they were children once more as they each held up a cupcake with gooey vanilla-chocolate frosting and a tiny flickering candle.

Mixed experiences at Indian residential school

Inuvik- Attendin an Indian residential school gave Lydia Mamakwa the faith that led to her calling as an Anglican priest, and later, as area bishop of northern Ontario in the diocese of Keewatin. But, at one point, it had also left her confused about her identity as a native person.

‘I’m glad I went to Stringer Hall,’ says former student

Inuvik—Verna H. Firth considers herself one of the lucky ones. She attended an Indian residential school and unlike former students who have reported being abused, she has only good memories of her four years at a residential school.

Former residential school classmates had an opportunity to reconnect at the TRC National Northern Event in Inuvik. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Northern event witness to pain and joy

Inuvik-As Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) Commissioner Marie Wilson put it, former Indian residential schools students who gathered here on June 27 to July 1 experienced both pain and joy.

Survivors can help ensure a better future

Inuvik-Justice Murray Sinclair on July 1 challenged Indian residential school survivors to come to terms with the past, move beyond their hurts and think about what kind of future they would like to bequeath to their children and grandchildren.

‘The Lord laid it up on me…’

For more information on the TRC, go to www.anglican.ca/trc Inuvik, N.W.T.—The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has attracted a variety of volunteers to

Mining operations criticized

Photo: Luigi Nifosi An Anglican bishop said he is shocked to learn that the image of Canadians as “peacemakers and builders of justice” is being

Anne Campbell made her mother's rare documents available. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Moorby collection tells tale of 1960s Inuvik life

“Can you draw me something?”

This was the question Mossie Moorby always asked children sent to the infirmary of Stringer Hall, an Anglican-run hostel in Inuvik for Indian and Inuit children, where she served as nurse in the 1960s.

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