We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary.
Why “COMPLETE”?
Each of the church parties to the Settlement Agreement have made commitments to ongoing education activities within their respective congregations and institutions.
Current Status
Complete
Call to Action
last updated
July 25, 2023
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Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
With Strong Voices: National Indigenous Spiritual Gathering
The 2023 National Indigenous Spiritual Gathering will take place in Treaty 6 Territory in Edmonton from July 27 through July 30. The theme is “Our……
July 25, 2023
Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
10 out of 27 Jesuits ‘credibly accused’ of abusing minors worked at a residential school or a First Nation
Jesuits ran 1 residential school in Canada, located in Spanish, Ont. WARNING: This story contains distressing details The Spanish Indian Residential School for Boys was……
March 17, 2023
Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
Survivors applaud move by the Jesuits to publish names of abusers
Gemma Hickey, an advocate and survivor of abuse by a Roman Catholic priest, says this type of effort should be under way across the country……
March 14, 2023
Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
Jesuits of Canada reveals list of clerics credibly accused of sexual abuse
The Globe and Mail: The Jesuits of Canada, a religious order of the Catholic Church, has published the names of 27 priests and brothers who it……
March 13, 2023
Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
Catholic Organizations
Canadian Conference of Catholic BishopsCanadian Religious ConferenceCanadian Catholic Aboriginal CouncilCanadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace “Walking Forward Together, the Catholic Response to Call to……
March 31, 2016
Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
Anglican Church of Canada, Presbyterian Church in Canada, United Church of Canada, Catholic Entities and Jesuits of English Canada
“Response of the Churches to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada” states: As individual churches and in shared interfaith and ecumenical initiatives – for example……
June 2, 2015
Church Parties commitment to Education Strategies
The United Church of Canada
The Healing Fund established in 1994 offers financial support to grassroots projects that focus on healing, language learning, and cultural restoration. Projects must be connected……
1970