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Notes: "Anglicans across Canada are being called to demonstrate -- in the 22 days following the closing event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- that this ending is only the beginning of healing and reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous people. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald have issued a call to the whole church today to participate in #22days, a campaign that will stretch from the start of the closing of TRC event in Ottawa on May 31 [2015] to National Aboriginal Day on June 21 [2015]. 22days was first conceived of by a group of cathedral deans from cities in which a national TRC event was held and was 'heartily endorsed' by the House of Bishops" (p. 10). "The General Synod communications team has created a web page -- 22days.ca -- that will offer resources, including 22 videos featuring former residential school students and staff describing their experiences in the schools. The videos are not the typical 30-second sound bytes people are used to viewing on television, they are about 15 to 20 minutes each, in order to tell the stories in a more whole and sensitive way, said Anglican Video senior producer Lisa Barry. One video will be added daily to the website during the 22-day period and each will be accompanied by a prayer, written by various people in the church" (p. 11).

Subjects: Native peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada; Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools; Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission; 22 Days Campaign; Deans, Cathedral and collegiate - Anglican Church of Canada; Parker, Shane A.D. (Shane Alexander Donaldson), 1958-; Elliott, Peter G. (Peter Gordon), 1954-; Hiltz, Fred (Frederick James), 1953-; MacDonald, Mark L. (Mark Lawrence), 1954-; Barry, Lisa; Web sites - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada