February 1, 2005 Indigenous funds

The synod of Rupert's Land has voted to set aside $190,000 to strengthen aboriginal ministries in the diocese. The money was to have been added to a new fund that holds money from the sale of Anglican Island. The...

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February 1, 2005 Schools exhibit

A new traveling exhibit called "Where Are The Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools" is at the Festival Hall of the Manitoba Museum until March 13. The exhibit relates the history of the residential schools...

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January 1, 2005 Court says class action on schools may proceed

In a victory for former students of Indian residential schools, the Ontario Court of Appeal on Dec. 4 ruled unanimously that pupils who attended the Mohawk Institute near Brantford, Ont., may file suit as a group. Former...

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December 1, 2004 Settlement fund

The Anglican Church of Canada's residential schools settlement fund has topped the halfway mark toward its target of $25 million, according to General Synod's financial office. As of Sept. 30, $13 million had been collected from...

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October 1, 2004 Church invited to join in ADR process

The government of Canada 's alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process for former students of Indian residential schools is well underway and the Anglican Church of Canada has been asked to attend three hearings, said the...

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October 1, 2004 Donations to healing fund on the decline

Donations to the Anglican Church of Canada's aboriginal healing fund declined last year, partly because dioceses were under pressure to contribute to a new fund that is paying settlements to those abused in the Indian residential...

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October 1, 2004 Two priests resign in Qu'Appelle, B.C.

The controversial clause affirming the "integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships," which was part of a resolution approved by General Synod in June, has caused at least two conservative priests and some...

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September 1, 2004 Fund tops $11 million

The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Fund, formed last year to pay the Anglican Church of Canada's portion of proven abuse claims stemming from a national boarding school system for native children, has collected $11.6...

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September 1, 2004 ECUSA gives gift 'of support'

The Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) is sending the Canadian church a $250,000 US ($329,000 Cdn) gift ?as a show of support? following the native residential schools crisis. ECUSA's Executive Council, its...

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June 1, 2004 Church recognizes former schools workers

In a presentation marked by expressions of pain and forgiveness, a former teacher in native residential schools, Bernice Logan, and Archbishop John Clarke of Athabasca said many men and women who worked in Indian residential...

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