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July 19, 2023


General Synod extends mandate of Indigenous church funding commission

NationTalk: Anglican Journal – General Synod voted July 1 to extend the mandate of a commission tasked with finding ways to fund the Indigenous church. General Synod extended the Jubilee Commission’s mandate to the end of the 2023-25 biennium. It also amended the commission’s terms of reference so that it will report to the Anglican...

March 31, 2016


Ecumenical Statement on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released 94 Calls to Action in June 2015 “to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.” The Calls to Action provide multiple opportunities to address and overcome more than a century of systemic discrimination and abuse in the residential school system,...

March 31, 2016


Anglican Church of Canada

Part of ecumenical community announcement to implement the principles, norms, and standards of UNDRIP as the framework for reconciliation. “UNDRIP must be approached and applied with a set of expectations that will inform strategy, process, and practice…There must be time for teaching and reflection that demonstrates those connections – guided by direct input from Indigenous...

March 30, 2016


“An Ecumenical Statement on UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the Framework for Reconciliation”

Today we embrace the opportunity that Call to Action #48 offers faith communities to work for reconciliation and to fully respect the human rights and dignity of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Signed by: Anglican Church of Canada Christian Reformed Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Presbyterian Church in Canada Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)...

March 19, 2016


General Synod 2010

The General Synod 2010 repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery and endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples… I commend resources produced by the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples and the Primate’s Commission on Discovery, Reconciliation and Justice that states: UNDRIP must be approached and applied with a set of expectations that will inform strategy,...

June 2, 2015


Church Parties welcome the Covenant of Reconciliation

The Church Parties are: The Anglican Church of Canada, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Roman Catholic Entities Parties to the Settlement Agreement, The United Church of Canada and the Jesuits of English Canada The Church Parties to the Settlement Agreement welcome the Commissioners’ call to the parties to the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement for...

June 2, 2015


Response of the Churches to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

The Anglican Church of Canada, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Roman Catholic Entities Parties to the Settlement Agreement, The United Church of Canada and the Jesuits of English Canada make the following statement in response to the findings and Calls to Action issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. It is with gratitude and humility that we...

June 2, 2015


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 through Kairos, through interfaith groups, and through the Canadian Council of Churches – we will continue to foster learning about and awareness of the reality and legacy of the residential...

June 2, 2015


Anglican Church of Canada

Indigenous Ministries supports the Indigenous Peoples of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) spiritually, socially, economically and politically. We recognize that the purity of the land base provides for all our needs. As active participants in the life of the church, we strive for reconciliation with the Anglican Communion and work towards Indigenous self-determination....

1997


Anglican Healing Fund

A New Agape: GOAL III. HEALING To expand the church’s Healing Fund so that increased grants can be made to Indigenous groups designing and implementing healing programs in their communities. To assist Non-Indigenous groups to address their own need for holistic healing which is to restore a balance of each part of our being, intellectual,...

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