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‘Modicum of justice’ for residential school dead

Tali Folkins — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:53:35 +0000

The three Anglicans who represented the church at a ceremony last fall honouring children who died in Canada’s Indian residential schools say they hope it will begin a process whereby the suffering of Indigenous children will be fully recognized by Canadians.

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Event honours children who did not return from residential schools

Various — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:39:20 +0000

Indian residential school survivors, family and friends gathered with dignitaries at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, for an emotional ceremony to remember children who did not return from residential schools. The names of 2,800 children known to have died in the schools were […]

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National Indigenous Anglican bishop meets Pope Francis

Tali Folkins — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:28:57 +0000

In a personal highlight of what he and many others are calling a “historic” meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Mark MacDonald, the Anglican Church of Canada’s National Indigenous Anglican bishop, met Pope Francis, leader of the world’s Roman Catholics.

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Witnessing the birth of a family

John Arkelian — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:26:13 +0000

Family… Connections… At the heart of those ideas is our sense of self-identity, our very state of being: for we are, in some ways, defined by those to whom we are most closely connected. And, for most of us, what closer connections do we have than those that bind us for life to our family? […]

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Archives ‘important for Anglicans today’

Art Babych — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:45:34 +0000

The truth is revealed in the “musty documents” of church archive collections, says Harry Huskins, executive archdeacon of the Anglican diocese of Algoma. “And it is important for Anglicans today.” Huskins was guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Friends of the Diocesan Archives in Ottawa, October 15. He recalled that at a […]

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Former students’ experiences have transformative impact

Marites N. Sison — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Inuvik-Two Anglicans from the South who joined the Northern National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) here said they have been transformed by their experience of meeting former students and listening to their testimonies about the Indian residential schools.

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Mixed experiences at Indian residential school

Marites N. Sison — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Attending 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.

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

ajadmin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

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.

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Documentary asks hard questions, gets hard answers

Marites N. Sison — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Inuvik-“What’s that?” “Not interested.” “I don’t know anything about that.” When two Yellowknife teenagers asked youth in their community what they knew about the experiences of aboriginal people in residential schools, these were the common responses they got. Marlisa Brown and Molly Tilden captured these responses in Our Truth: The Youth Perspective on Residential Schools, […]

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Why truth and reconciliation matter

Marites N. Sison — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Inuvik-The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Northern National Event held here recently ended with, literally, many writings on the wall.

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