Do visitors to Canada see our shame? Did your Canadian history classes include the darker moments as well as the victorious? For many, the stained stories of our country’s past were never discussed in the classroom and we need to re-educate ourselves. But first we need to recognize what prejudices we bring with us.
Herriot is a Canadian writer, naturalist and activist whose new book, Towards a Prairie Atonement, laments how early settlers mistreated not only Indigenous peoples but also the land. He spoke in Ottawa last month at an event hosted by the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) and Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ).
Editor Angela Reitsma Bick discusses race and reconciliation with Bernadette Arthur, Race Relations Coordinator (Canada) in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and Kim Radersma, Race Relations Facilitator.
On September 12, 2016 I met with my friend Thea DeGroot, retired teacher and Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) board member, for a companionable chat about her visit to Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwig (KI) First Nation, a fly-in community about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.
Despite this dark litany of themes present in the book, this is a book about hope and reconciliation – words that reflect so much of what we believe and hold onto as Christians, but have so often failed to live by or put into practice.
For several years, QCHS has been developing a special relationship with a First Nation community in the far north of Ontario. The Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) is a community north of Thunder Bay. To the wonder and joy of the QCHS community, this Ojibwe community has entrusted some of its teens to QCHS. Their hope is that at QCHS, these students will gain a quality education and improve their opportunities for success in further education and careers. Recognizing the difficulties youth face in their community, they wish to give them a “fighting chance.”
I remember singing the chorus of “He Holds the Whole World” over and over again at a young age as I explored the world around me
It is timely that the Christian Reformed Church at its annual Synod this year will formally discuss the so-called Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DOCD). Both the DOCD and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Report (2015) deal with the unjust and prejudicial treatment of the First Nations peoples of North America by the European settlers.
A new version of the New Testament is underway, written by First Nations people, for First Nations people. Terry Wildman, a pastor at Northport Indian United Methodist Church in Michigan and director of Rain Ministries, initiated and is leading the project. OneBook Canada has partnered with Rain Ministries, and Wycliffe Associates is supporting this project…
Simply being a non-racist is not enough. Non-racists contribute to racism without even meaning to.
We are called, instead, to be anti-racist. That means speaking out whenever and wherever racism is met. When a joke is told, or a comment made, we must ask the speaker to please refrain from making them. We must stop racism and fight against it.
In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee findings, Juno Award-winning Christian recording artist Steve Bell is asking for churches across Canada to bring awareness to an issue that’s been overlooked for far too long.
A spirit of hopeful anticipation filled the room when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report in June. Reconciliation, the report said, is everyone’s business; this is reflected in the 94 calls for action by a wide range of actors in all aspects of Canadian life.
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