Healing & Reconciliation

Statement in Response to Research Findings by Tseshaht First Nation

2023-03-02T11:11:02-05:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: Healing & Reconciliation, Justice, News|Tags: , , |

A short statement by The Presbyterian Church in Canada in response to findings by Tseshaht First Nation related to verified student deaths and possible unmarked graves on the grounds of the former site of the Alberni Residential School in British Columbia.

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A Statement Regarding Residential Schools

2021-07-04T19:15:03-04:00June 25th, 2021|Categories: Healing & Reconciliation, News|Tags: , |

In response to the devastating confirmation of unmarked graves on the grounds of former residential schools in Canada, a statement was published, in consultation with the National Indigenous Ministry Council, and signed by the current and previous Moderator of General Assembly. It speaks, through repentance and lament and in humility, for the lives of all the children who were lost and makes many commitments for the church to act upon.

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Systemic Racism: When an Individual’s Words Illuminate the Space in Which They’re Said

2023-02-15T20:15:01-05:00October 1st, 2020|Categories: Healing & Reconciliation, Justice, News|Tags: |

Dr. Allyson Carr, Associate Secretary of Justice Ministries, has written on the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman in a hospital in Quebec, and the racist words that were spoken to her by the hospital workers she was in the care of—words which illuminate the unacceptable and condemnable behaviour that is often permitted in our society as a result of systemic racism.

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Every Child Matters: Reflecting and Praying on Orange Shirt Day, September 30

2023-04-24T12:43:13-04:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Healing & Reconciliation, Justice, News|Tags: |

This reflection by the moderator speaks to the importance of participating in Orange Shirt Day on September 30 to remember and honour the Indigenous children who attended Indian Residential Schools, and reflects on the PCC’s involvement in the Residential School System and its inter-generational impacts on Indigenous children today.

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Why Work To Decolonize: New Study Guide from Justice Ministries

2021-03-10T09:46:55-05:00September 25th, 2020|Categories: Healing & Reconciliation, Justice, News|Tags: |

Why Work To Decolonize? is a study resource produced in collaboration between the PCC’s National Indigenous Ministries Council and the Life and Mission Agency (Justice Ministries) that engages the overall themes of the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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Statement Regarding Violence and Encounters Between Indigenous People and Policing Agencies

2023-01-03T09:03:13-05:00July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Healing & Reconciliation, Justice, News|Tags: |

Following the recent deaths of Indigenous people during encounters with law enforcement, the PCC calls for an immediate end to violence against Indigenous Peoples.

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