Following the recent deaths of Indigenous people during encounters with law enforcement, the PCC calls for an immediate end to violence against Indigenous Peoples.
National Indigenous Peoples Sunday is on Sunday, June 21, 2020. This reflection is written by the Rev. Mary Fontaine from Hummingbird Ministries in Vancouver, B.C.
The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Reclaiming Power and Place, came out on June 3, 2019. Read the report and pray with us.
On Monday, May 28, a plaque was unveiled at the PCC National Office in Toronto in acknowledgement of the Indigenous territory that the office is located on. Staff participated in an event as a sign of respect and in recognition that Indigenous people have had a relationship with the land since time [...]
The UN Declaration is the minimum standard to ensure the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous people all over the world. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has said the UN Declaration is the framework for reconciliation. Call to Action #43 asks municipal, provincial and federal [...]
August 9 each year is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, as declared by the United Nations. There are an estimated 370 million Indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. While making up less than 5 per cent of the world's population, they account for 15 per [...]
"It is with humility and in great sorrow that we come before God and our Aboriginal brothers and sisters with our confession." The Confession of The Presbyterian Church in Canada is a statement that was adopted by the General Assembly on June 9, 1994. It acknowledges the harm that we have done, [...]
