Bells toll for school survivors
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40037
- Author
- Staff
- Swift, Diana
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 September
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 September
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 2
- Notes
- Between 31 May 2015 (marking the closing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) and 21 June (National Aboriginal Day), about 150 Anglican churches participated in a campaign to ring bells throughout the 22 days "to raise awareness about healing and reconciliation and the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada". "Dean Mike Sinclair of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Regina, diocese of Qu'Appelle initiated the idea of remembering 1,181 missing and murdered women by ringing church bells 'once for each life'." "All Saints Church, Parish of Tyendinaga, in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ont., rang its church bells beginning at noon on Wednesdays, ringing them every five seconds". "The idea for the campaign emerged out of a meeting of cathedral deans from cities that have hosted the seven national TRC gatherings" and was endorsed by the House of Bishops. "The #22days site [of the Anglican Church of Canada] features powerful footage from the archives of Anglican Video documenting survivors' experiences in their own words. The project gained a lot of secular press coverage, said Lisa Barry, Anglican Video senior producer. Down the line, the Anglican church could be helpful in getting material on the residential schools into the curriculum of public schools she said".
- Subjects
- Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous women - Crimes against - Canada
- Missing persons - Canada
- Murder - Investigation - Canada
- Church bells - Anglican Church of Canada
- Sinclair, Michael (Michael Hearn)
- All Saints Anglican Church (Toronto, Ont.)
- Smith, Bradley
- Deans, Cathedral and collegiate - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Video
- Barry, Lisa
- 22 Days Campaign