Provision of Archival Documents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/official10399
- Date
- 2013 March 14-17
- Type
- Resolution 05-03-13
- Mover
- Canon Robert Falby
- Seconder
- The Ven. Harry Huskins
- Text of motion
- That up to $125,000, made available to the General Synod by the Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada, be used for the following purposes:
- 1. Up to $30,000 to support dioceses in meeting their obligations to provide their archival documents, in fulfillment of their obligations under the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.
- 2. Up to $95,000 to create a digital version of documents provided by the Anglican Church of Canada (in fulfillment of a legal obligation) to ensure that those documents will be accessible through the National Research Centre (in fulfillment of a solemn moral obligation) to former students and their families and communities, as well as to researchers and educators and the general public.
- ADOPTED #-05-03-13
- Notes
- The Primate thanked the General Secretary for his leadership. He also noted that the Anglican Church of Canada is now aligned with the United Church of Canada, which has made a similar commitment to offer extra funds for archival work.
- Subjects
- Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada (M.S.C.C.) - Grants
- Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Winnipeg, Man.)
- Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA)
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod Archives
- Anglican Church of Canada - Archives
- Church archives - Canada
- Electronic records
- Digital preservation
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools - Information resources
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada - 21st century