The seventh National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), this one with the theme “Wisdom”, is being held in Edmonton from March 27th to 30th. Some of it will be live-streamed on the TRC website. Background to this … Continue reading →
During the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s National Event held in Vancouver from September 18th – 21st, the PNE Agrodome was transformed into the Learning Place. It was filled with a variety of displays, vendors, and an area where Survivors and … Continue reading →
The denominations who managed Residential Schools had displays of their archives available in the Learning Place at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s National Event in Vancouver. As well as the wall displays, they had binders of pictures and documents from … Continue reading →
As a prelude to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s National Event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Reconciliation Canada organized the All Nations Canoe Gathering for Tuesday, September 17th in False Creek. Reports of this event can be read and viewed on … Continue reading →
In a letter to congregations and Rostered Ministers of the BC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Bishop Greg recognizes that while the “Lutheran church was not directly involved in operating residential schools, as members of the Canadian … Continue reading →
The shape of the TRC logo — a circle — reflects the Circle of Life. In the Circle, we join together to share truth. The flames sustain life in the Circle and provide safety and sustenance. Most importantly, the flames shed light … Continue reading →
Monday, September 16th begins a week long Reconciliation event in Vancouver that includes the sixth of seven national events hosted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Each TRC National Event is dedicated to one of the Seven Sacred Teachings – … Continue reading →
Host of Daybreak North, Betsy Trumpener, speaks with Mary-Ellen Kelm, the Canada Research Chair in History, Medicine, and Society at Simon Fraser University. Hear the interview in which she comments on recently released research, her many conversations with First Nations elders regarding … Continue reading →
On August 6th, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, marked the 20th anniversary of Archbishop Michael Peers’ apology to the survivors of residential schools with this statement. In it, Hiltz states “Then and there the apology was … Continue reading →
CBC reports that “the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is heading into the federal government’s archives Tuesday to gather more of the 3.5 million documents related to residential schools. “At first, the federal government refused to give the TRC … Continue reading →