ALL PARTIES LESSONS LEARNED #029-05-19-03 to 06-19-03
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/official10714
- Date
- 2019 March 14-17
- Type
- Resolution 037-03-19
- Mover
- The Ven. Clara Plamondon
- Seconder
- The Rev. David Burrows
- Text of motion
- Be it resolved that: This Council of General Synod acknowledge receipt of the report “One Step on a Journey: The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Anglican Church of Canada – Lessons Learned” and its Executive Summary, commend it to General Synod, and encourage the Anglican Church of Canada at all levels to read them and take action on their recommendations for ongoing reconciliation work both within the Anglican Church and more broadly. ADOPTED #CoGS 037-03-19
- Notes
- Ms. Melanie Delva, Reconciliation Animator, presented the report “One Step on a Journey: The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Anglican Church of Canada – Lessons Learned”, an exercise to reflect on the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA). Data was gathered by surveying national staff members and other national church leaders, convening a Survivors’ Circle, and conducting one-on-one interviews. Participation was fairly evenly representative of urban and rural, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, clergy and laity. In total, 42 individuals participated. Ms. Delva reflected that the process was hard, some of what she learned was hard – it has changed how she views her work and how she views people with whom she works as Reconciliation Animator in the Anglican Church of Canada. Although a lengthy report, she encouraged Council members to read it. Ms. Delva noted that aside from being presented to CoGS, the report was also submitted to the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP), the Vision Keepers, and the Primate’s Commission on Discovery, Reconciliation, and Justice. The report will be submitted to the House of Bishops (HoB) and presented, with a resolution, to General Synod 2019 in July. In closing, Ms. Delva remarked that the Settlement Agreement did not necessarily heal the break in the relationship with the indigenous community and the rest of the Anglican Church.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - 21st century
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Reconciliation - Canada
- Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA)
- Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools