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Anishinaabe elder fights to rid himself of name imposed in forced baptism 75 years ago – CBC
Dec 14, 2023 Quebec Indigenous affairs minister commits to finding ‘creative solution’ Ejinagosi Kistabish still remembers clinging to the side of a taxi as he watched his parents drive away from Saint-Marc-de-Figuery residential school in Amos, Que. after they showed up for a visit. Kistabish, now 75, says he still has “to cope with that […]
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Leadership Counts Midterm Report Results Released
December 6, 2023 Leadership Counts is an ongoing voluntary identity survey for ministry personnel and members of national committees. Designed to inform the United Church’s strategic plan and anti-oppression work, it reveals barriers to full participation, and helps us identify how to meet our commitments more effectively. The recently released midterm report indicates that by […]
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Climate Crisis Is Also a Spiritual Crisis
November 30, 2023 On November 30, The United Church of Canada youth delegation will begin its virtual participation in the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP28, being held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, until December 12, 2023. Their participation is already getting the attention of media and is making important connections between […]
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Human Rights Report Presented to the UN Includes Ecumenical Contribution
Canada’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday. Supported by the World Council of Churches as an example of global advocacy, Canadian churches who are members of the World Council of Churches prepared a shadow report to this process. The churches who endorse this report are: Anglican […]
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Big Banks Commit to Racial Equity Audits, Thanks to the United Church and SHARE
November 14, 2023 The United Church of Canada and the United Church Pension, as members of the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), co-filed a shareholder proposal asking the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and the Bank of Montreal (BMO) to conduct racial equity audits. These audits would identify and mitigate the potential harm […]
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Statement on Information Shared by the Stó:lō Nation
The preliminary research findings about the initial number of deaths and the need for further ground research into both the known cemetery and unmarked graves at the Coqualeetza residential institution were outlined by the Stó:lō Nation in a qwōlqwel swáyel, a “day for telling news; talking together day.” The United Church of Canada was an active […]
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Translation of Bible into Mohawk language published
KANESATAKE, QC, Aug. 23, 2023 – Three events this fall celebrate the accomplishment of one man and the community around him. It took Harvey Satewas Gabriel about 17 years to complete the translation of the Bible from English into Mohawk, with encouragement from his wife, Susan, and the support of Kanesatake United Church, the Canadian […]
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The Québec government will fund the renovation of the St. Regis Church in Akwesasne
AKWESASNE, QC, June 19, 2023 – The Québec government will contribute $115 000 to the proposed renovation of the St. Regis Church in Akwesasne. Minister Responsible for Relations with the First Nations and the Inuit Ian Lafrenière made the announcement today. The funding will come from the community infrastructure section of the Indigenous Initiatives Fund […]
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Invitation to the media – Announcement concerning the proposed renovation of the St. Regis Church in Akwesasne
QUÉBEC CITY, June 18, 2023 – Minister Responsible for Relations with the First Nations and the Inuit Ian Lafrenière will make an announcement concerning the proposed renovation of the St. Regis Church in Akwesasne, accompanied by Father Jérôme Pastores and Grand Chief Abram Benedict. Date: June 19, 2023 Time: 1:30 p.m. Place: St. Regis Mission […]
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Movement on Seigneury of Sault St. Louis
(Kahnawake – 26, Onerahtókha/April 2023) The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke wishes to inform the community of developments on the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis (SSSL) Land Grievance and discussions with Canada. In 2022, at our request, the Minister of Crown Indigenous Relations Marc Miller appointed a Special Ministerial Representative (SMR), Deborah Corber, to lead Canada’s […]
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