September 7, 2007 Indian residential schools agreement to go into effect Sept. 19

The federal government will begin implementing the Indian residential schools settlement agreement on Sept. 19, following the end of a five-month period that allowed members of a class action to withdraw.

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September 4, 2007 Academic nominated to truth commission

The general secretary’s office of the Anglican Church of Canada has nominated J. Rick Ponting, professor emeritus (sociology) of the University of Calgary, to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an important component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

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July 3, 2007 Commission will probe school deaths

Church applauds expanded mandate

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May 1, 2007 Church leaders urge government apology for residential schools

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has expressed “strong disappointment and sadness” over the federal government’s refusal to offer an apology to former students of native residential schools and their families.

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April 1, 2007 Schools accord given nod

All nine provincial and territorial courts approved on March 8 the revised Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), a move that could mean that the agreement may be implemented by fall.

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March 30, 2007 Primate urges government to apologize for residential schools

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has expressed “strong disappointment and sadness” over the federal government’s refusal to offer an apology to former students of native residential schools and their families.

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March 9, 2007 Residential schools agreement approved

All nine provincial and territorial courts approved on March 8 the revised Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), a move that could mean that the agreement may be implemented by fall.

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March 1, 2007 Healing fund not reaching the North

Noting a dearth of applications for indigenous healing fund projects in the North, Esther Wesley, General Synod’s healing fund co-ordinator, said she plans to travel to these areas to encourage aboriginal groups to take advantage...

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March 1, 2007 'You see the world in a different light'

“This has been the most difficult piece of work that God has called me to do.” The church volunteer was speaking to a room full of sympathetic colleagues, all representatives of the Anglican Church of Canada at the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) hearings on Indian residential schools.

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February 14, 2007 'You see the world in a different light'

Banff, Alta. “This has been the most difficult piece of work that God has called me to do.” The church volunteer was speaking to a room full of sympathetic colleagues, all representatives of the Anglican Church of Canada at the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) hearings on Indian residential schools.

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