April 28, 2008 Justice LaForme chosen to chair Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Justice Harry S. LaForme, an aboriginal Ontario Court of Appeal judge, has been appointed by the federal government to chair an independent commission that will hear the stories and promote public education about the 150-year legacy of the now-defunct Indian residential schools.

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April 1, 2008 Keewatin paves way for native diocese

The diocese of Keewatin, at its synod on March 1, passed resolutions paving the way for the creation of an area ministry in the predominantly aboriginal parishes of northern Manitoba and a self-determining native diocese in northern Ontario.

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April 1, 2008 ‘A journey of great promise’

In a soaring glass hall at the Museum of Anthropology, under the watchful eyes of a dozen huge totem poles, church, native and government leaders on March 5 pledged that the upcoming Truth and Reconciliation Commission will lead to healing as it hears the painful stories of Indian residential schools in Canada.

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March 28, 2008 Primate and national native bishop visit remote Oji-Cree chapel

Two Anglican church leaders ended a cross-country tour about native issues on March 12 by visiting one of the most unusual chapels in Canada – a wooden structure on the shore of a northern Ontario lake hand-built by an Oji-Cree elder, flying the Anglican Church of Canada flag.

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March 6, 2008 Truth commission will help heal residential schools legacy, church and native leaders say

In a soaring glass hall at the Museum of Anthropology, under the watchful eyes of a dozen huge totem poles, church, native and government leaders on March 5 pledged that the upcoming Truth and Reconciliation Commission will lead to healing as it hears the painful stories of Indian residential schools in Canada.

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March 3, 2008 Church and native leaders commence walk to remember children of schools

Canadian church and aboriginal leaders launched a four-city tour before almost 500 people at the Canadian Museum of Civilization March 2 to begin what Phil Fontaine, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations called, “one of the most remarkable journeys that this country has ever taken.”

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March 1, 2008 Chief asks church’s support for treaties

An aboriginal leader from Northern Ontario has urged the Anglican Church of Canada to support aboriginal Canadians in demanding that both federal and provincial governments recognize and implement court rulings on First Nations treaty rights.

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March 1, 2008 Protestors demand church records

Shouting “shame on the church!” about 20 people picketed the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office on Feb. 8, demanding that the church investigate the cases of children who died at or went missing from the Indian residential school system.

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March 1, 2008 Church receives $9.7 million refund

The federal government has issued the Anglican Church of Canada a cheque for $9.7 million to refund a portion of the church’s contribution to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Fund, which had been set up in 2003 under an old native schools agreement.

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February 8, 2008 Demonstrators demand answers in residential school cases

Shouting “shame on the church!” and “shame on Canada!” about 20 people picketed the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office on Feb. 8, demanding that the church investigate the cases of children who died at or went missing from the Indian residential school system.

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