Document Category: Reconciliation

Lettre au ministre Lametti: la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones.

Monsieur le ministre, Nous vous écrivons pour appuyer l’engagement qu’a pris le gouvernement du Canada de faire adopter la loi qui créera un cadre de mise en application de la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones. La Commission Justice et Paix du Conseil canadien des Églises, avec plusieurs autres communautés croyantes, […]

Letter to Minister Lametti: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Dear Minister Lametti, We write to express our support for the Government of Canada’s commitment to pass legislation that creates a framework to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Commission on Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches, along with many other faith communities, has affirmed the […]

Letter to Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Opposition: Bill C-262

I am writing regarding Bill C-262 – An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Already in 2015 church leaders and faith leaders in Canada called on the Government of Canada to: respond fully to those recommendations directed to government […]

Expression de réconciliation du Conseil canadien des Églises

Expression de réconciliation du Conseil canadien des Églises à présenter lors du dernier événement national de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada à Edmonton, en Alberta, du 27 au 30 mars 2014

Expression of Reconciliation from The Canadian Council of Churches

Expression of Reconciliation from The Canadian Council of Churches to be presented at the final National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in Edmonton, Alberta – March 27‐30, 2014

Canadian Council of Churches 1944-1997: Indian Residential Schools and First Nations Affairs

Prepared by Kevin Parra Duque Religion in the Public Sphere Service-Learning Internship, University of Toronto

A Brief to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Aboriginal Children and Youth – Urgent Needs and Unmet Obligations

The Ad Hoc Coalition on the Rights of Aboriginal Children in Canada On the release of Canada’s Second Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and in anticipation of the CRC’s review of Canada’s compliance to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, two national ecumenical coalitions joined […]

Call to Reflection: Aboriginal Land Rights – A Jubilee Challenge Facing Canada

In Canada, one particular area in our national life cries out for healing and transformation: now is the time for a change inthe relationship between the majority society and Aboriginal peoples.

Letter from Canadian Church Leaders: Right Relationship with Aboriginal Peoples

As we turn our hearts to God in the first year of a new century, as we seek to listen with our hearts to what God is saying in our time and place, we are promised a word — even a world — of peace. It is a glorious promise, challenging us to hope (all […]