TRC Ottawa 2015 – Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/trc-ottawa-2015/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:18:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg TRC Ottawa 2015 – Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/trc-ottawa-2015/ 32 32 170042892 Children deserve ‘our very best efforts,’ says Hiltz in New Year’s address https://anglicanjournal.com/children-deserve-our-very-best-efforts-says-hiltz-in-new-year-s-address/ https://anglicanjournal.com/children-deserve-our-very-best-efforts-says-hiltz-in-new-year-s-address/#respond Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:29:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/children-deserve-our-very-best-efforts-says-hiltz-in-new-year-s-address/ In his annual New Year's address at Christ Church Cathedral, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, said the church must ensure that the interests and well-being of children, in Canada and around the world, are upheld.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/children-deserve-our-very-best-efforts-says-hiltz-in-new-year-s-address/feed/ 0 104311 New details about missing children in TRC final report https://anglicanjournal.com/new-details-about-missing-children-in-trc-final-report/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-details-about-missing-children-in-trc-final-report/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:05:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/new-details-about-missing-children-in-trc-final-report/ The six-year mandate of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ended December 15 with the release of a multi-volume report that ushers in what the commissioners called a "new era in reconciliation for Canada."

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-details-about-missing-children-in-trc-final-report/feed/ 0 104355 Exploring the future of reconciliation in Canada https://anglicanjournal.com/exploring-the-future-of-reconciliation-in-canada/ https://anglicanjournal.com/exploring-the-future-of-reconciliation-in-canada/#respond Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:20:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/exploring-the-future-of-reconciliation-in-canada/ How best to continue the process of reconciliation, now that Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has issued its final report and released its calls to action?

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/exploring-the-future-of-reconciliation-in-canada/feed/ 0 112113 Indigenous bishops not invited to TRC closing ceremonies https://anglicanjournal.com/indigenous-bishops-not-invited-to-trc-closing-ceremonies/ https://anglicanjournal.com/indigenous-bishops-not-invited-to-trc-closing-ceremonies/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:48:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/indigenous-bishops-not-invited-to-trc-closing-ceremonies/ The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has been investigating the tragic legacy of Canada's Indian residential schools for the past six years, and last Wednesday, June 3, it held its closing ceremonies at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, but two prominent Indigenous Anglicans who had come to Ottawa for the final events were not present.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/indigenous-bishops-not-invited-to-trc-closing-ceremonies/feed/ 0 112211 TRC report will advance Indigenous self-determination in church, says bishop https://anglicanjournal.com/trc-report-will-advance-indigenous-self-determination-in-church-says-bishop/ https://anglicanjournal.com/trc-report-will-advance-indigenous-self-determination-in-church-says-bishop/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:31:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/trc-report-will-advance-indigenous-self-determination-in-church-says-bishop/ National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald said he is hopeful that the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) outlining concrete actions that would respect the sovereignty and integrity of Canada's Indigenous peoples would help Indigenous Anglicans' own struggle for self-determination within the Anglican Church of Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/trc-report-will-advance-indigenous-self-determination-in-church-says-bishop/feed/ 0 100420 As TRC ends, Johnston asks Canadians: ‘Where do we go from here?’ https://anglicanjournal.com/as-trc-ends-johnston-asks-canadians-where-do-we-go-from-here/ https://anglicanjournal.com/as-trc-ends-johnston-asks-canadians-where-do-we-go-from-here/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2015 02:47:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/as-trc-ends-johnston-asks-canadians-where-do-we-go-from-here/ In a solemn ceremony marking the conclusion of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Governor General David Johnston urged Canadians to seize a historic opportunity "to look back, and to look forward together" and to begin "a new chapter in the story of Canada and its diverse peoples."

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/as-trc-ends-johnston-asks-canadians-where-do-we-go-from-here/feed/ 0 100058 Heart garden’ puts youth at forefront of reconciliation https://anglicanjournal.com/heart-garden-puts-youth-at-forefront-of-reconciliation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/heart-garden-puts-youth-at-forefront-of-reconciliation/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2015 02:12:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/heart-garden-puts-youth-at-forefront-of-reconciliation/ The first event of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) began in Winnipeg in 2010 with residential school survivors lighting a sacred fire where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet; the last one ended in Ottawa on June 3 with children leading the way out of Rideau Hall and into a garden of paper hearts.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/heart-garden-puts-youth-at-forefront-of-reconciliation/feed/ 0 112181 Churches promise to heed TRC’s call to action https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-promise-to-heed-trc-s-call-to-action/ https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-promise-to-heed-trc-s-call-to-action/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2015 02:16:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/churches-promise-to-heed-trc-s-call-to-action/ Acknowledging that their apologies for harms done at Indian residential schools "are not enough," Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and United church leaders on June 2 welcomed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) recommendations that they say will offer direction to their "continuing commitment to reconciliation" with Indigenous peoples.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-promise-to-heed-trc-s-call-to-action/feed/ 0 112033 Sinclair: The eyes of the world are on Canada https://anglicanjournal.com/sinclair-the-eyes-of-the-world-are-on-canada/ https://anglicanjournal.com/sinclair-the-eyes-of-the-world-are-on-canada/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 23:09:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/sinclair-the-eyes-of-the-world-are-on-canada/ A journey of six years reached its climax on June 2 when the summary of the final report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was presented to a crowded audience in the Grand Ballroom of Ottawa's Delta hotel.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/sinclair-the-eyes-of-the-world-are-on-canada/feed/ 0 112381 Residential schools a form of ‘cultural genocide,’ says TRC report https://anglicanjournal.com/residential-schools-a-form-of-cultural-genocide-says-trc-report/ https://anglicanjournal.com/residential-schools-a-form-of-cultural-genocide-says-trc-report/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:49:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/residential-schools-a-form-of-cultural-genocide-says-trc-report/ Addressing what it described as a "cultural genocide" inflicted for over a century on Canada's Aboriginal peoples, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on June 2 issued 94 wide-ranging "Calls to Action," including the creation of a National Council for Reconciliation, a Royal Proclamation and Covenant on Reconciliation and an apology from the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools.

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