The significance of Canada 150+
CC’s masthead in our June issue includes the “+” as a small way to acknowledge the history of Indigenous people in Canada
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Indigenous | Media | News | Politics
Visiting Canada’s shame: Re-education and reconciliation in the legacy of the Residential Schools
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.
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A settler’s atonement
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).
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God’s agents of reconciliation (in training): Called to pursue unity
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.
