The Anglican Church of Canada's troubles dealing with the residential school legacy were aired at the Anglican Consultative Council in Dundee. From Anglican Communion News Service.
Bishop Steven Charleston will lead discussions at the Winnipeg meeting, 7-10 October 2003, being held to look at the relationship between the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) and the church. The Keewatin diocesan council had hoped for a larger gathering such as a Sacred Circle and asked that the October meeting be cancelled. The meeting will deal with the dispute between ACIP and church leaders following the March 2003 agreement with the federal government about residential schools.
The October 2003 meeting in Winnipeg between ACIP [Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples] and non-native church members produced a plan of action that calls for the establishment of an eight-member commission to consider how native Anglicans can achieve "self-sufficiency" and "indigenous governance" and an indigenous bishop.
A discussion about full release versus partial release from further liability as a condition of settlement coverage continues.
At the Anglican national office, federal funding means that a researcher has been hired to create a database of employment records for the residential schools.
Ellie Johnson is cautioning Anglicans about responding to a fundraising letter from HOPE Africa that has gone out to all parishes in the Canadian church.
As part of the revised accord with the government there will be the plan for a truth and reconciliation process that will be spread over five years to enable former students to tell their stories.