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Five years after the TRC report, reflections on reconciliation

Joelle Kidd — Wed, 05 May 2021 04:01:04 +0000

‘Every step … uncovers something else to do’ Five years after Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report and 94 Calls to Action as a response to the legacy of Canada’s Residential School system, the Anglican Church of Canada’s national Indigenous archbishop and reconciliation animator say progress on reconciliation has been mixed. […]

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General Synod hears complex ‘lessons learned’ from Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:40:21 +0000

The signing of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) was a tumultuous experience for the Anglican Church of Canada—one that transformed the church’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and left a lasting legacy, the effects of which are still being felt to this day. The precise meaning of that experience, however, depends on whose voices […]

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‘You can’t be selfish and survive’ in Canada’s harsh but beautiful North

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:00:25 +0000

The Ungava Peninsula in Nunavik, northern Quebec, is flanked by Hudson Bay on one side and Ungava Bay on the other. Here, above the treeline, wide open skies frame sweeping views of snow through the crisp, cold air. “It’s a beautiful place, amazingly beautiful,” says Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund. “But life […]

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Arctic Anglicans face dangers of climate change

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:00:08 +0000

City dwellers may not know just how many kinds of ice there are. “There are all sorts…just the same way that there are all sorts of snow,” says Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund. It’s a distinction important to northern communities where ice can be gathered to melt down into drinking water. “They […]

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