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Lost Innocence, a comic book dealing with the Indian residential school system, took author Brandon Mitchell two and a half years to write because of the difficulty of its subject matter. Photo: Saskia Rowley

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Church funds residential schools comic book study guide

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"In Canada you cannot separate discussions about poverty or discussions about climate change without also talking about Indigenous rights," says ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson. Photo: André Forget

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Bishop suggests ELCIC-Sacred Circle partnership

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The Toronto truth and reconciliation exhibit has attracted thousands of visitors and is now being offered on loan to other Canadian venues. Photo: Michael Hudson

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Truth and reconciliation exhibit ready to travel

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About 300 people gathered at Rideau Hall, the official home and workplace of the governor general, for the ceremony marking the end of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s work. Photo: Art Babych

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As TRC ends, Johnston asks Canadians: ‘Where do we go from here?’

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TRC Commissioner Marie Wilson, Governor General David Johnston, vice-regal consort Sharon Johnston, TRC chair Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild and a number of their grandchildren plant paper hearts on Rideau Hall grounds. Photo: Art Babych

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Heart garden’ puts youth at forefront of reconciliation

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Archbishop Fred Hiltz reads the ecumenical response while (L-R) Fr. Peter Bisson, the Rev. Stephen Farris, Archbishop Gérard Pettipas and the Rt. Rev. Gary Paterson look on. Photo: Art Babych

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Churches promise to heed TRC’s call to action

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Clara Fergus shares her experiences of the Brandon Indian Residential School with the help of a support worker. Photo: André Forget

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For residential school survivors, impact lasts generations

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Between 7,000 and 10,000 people from across Canada marched from Gatineau to Ottawa as part of the launch of the final event of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, May 31 to June 3, in Ottawa. Photo: Art Babych

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Walk for reconciliation a celebration and a reminder

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Baptism among Indigenous people has plummeted because churches "pretty much abandoned our communities in urban areas and reserves," says Bishop Mark MacDonald. Photo: Art Babych

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Workshop explores role of the Bible in reconciliation

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The Rev. Andrew Wesley (holding an eagle feather) shares his experience as an Aboriginal priest at a reconciliation feast sponsored by Church of the Redeemer in December. Photo: Marites N. Sison

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Reconciliation continues past TRC at Toronto church

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At the 2005 Sacred Circle, a national native gathering held every two to three years. Photo: Becky Boucher

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Celebrating the covenant

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(L-R) General Synod archivist Nancy Hurn, assistant archivist Laurel Parson and former general secretary Archdeacon Jim Boyles look at some of the photos from the General Synod archives relating to Indian residential schools. Photo: André Forget

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Church submits residential school records to TRC

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The May 2000 issue of the Anglican Journal, which published a special report on what happened to native children in residential schools. It included an account of how Ottawa experimented with their diets. Photo: Marites N. Sison

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