Anglican Participation in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
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- Date
- 2010 June 3-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 76
- Seconder
- The Rev. Travis Enright
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod:
- 1. Affirm the following goals of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada:
- - Prepare a comprehensive historical record on the policies and operations of Indian Residential Schools;
- - Complete a publicly accessible report that will include recommendations to the Government of Canada concerning the Indian Residential School system and its legacy;
- - Establish a research centre by the end of its mandate that will be a permanent resource for all Canadians;
- - Host seven national events in different regions across Canada to promote awareness and public education about the Indian Residential School system and its impact;
- - Support events designed by individual communities to meet their unique needs;
- - Support a Commemoration Initiative that will provide funding for activities that honour and pay tribute in a permanent and lasting manner to former Indian Residential School students.
- 2. Request the General Secretary and the Council of General Synod to ensure adequate resources for the Anglican Church of Canada to support and participate fully in the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada over the next five years (2010-2015).
- 3. Reaffirm the 3 goals for equipping leaders, taken from the 'Equipping Ambassadors of Reconciliation' conference hosted by the Anglican, United and Presbyterian Churches in Orillia, Ontario in November 2009:
- - To provide training and resources to ensure that every church member has knowledge of the history of the Indian Residential Schools system, the mandate and purpose of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), and the possible roles of ordinary citizens in the official processes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- - To provide training and resources to ensure that former students of Indian Residential School are given the opportunity to tell the story of his or her experience in a safe and respectful manner. These may be former students of Indian Residential Schools who are or were church members or who reside in the same communities or urban friendship or ministry centres.
- - To provide training and resources to encourage all Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal church members to work actively together to build right relationships with each other.
- 4. Recommend that the Anglican Church of Canada co-host at least two and up to three more events modeled after the first 'Equipping Ambassadors of Reconciliation' conference during the 2010-2013 triennium, if possible in Western, Eastern, and Northern Canada.
- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Act 76
- Subjects
- Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission Gathering (1st : 2010 : Winnipeg, Man.)
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools
- Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools
- Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ambassadors of Reconciliation