Access to parish records is central to reconciliation and must be released when requested - it is the right and honourable thing to do
National Truth & Reconciliation Day
September 30, 2022
Missing & Murdered
Red Dress Project
Moose Hide Campaign
A Critical Perspective on Celebrating Queen Victoria's Birthday
Timeline of 'Events'
White Privilege
Confronting Christian Dominant Ideology
Timeline of the Land
Timeline of the Crown
The Treaties
The Constitution Act of 1982
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
How BC Provincial Gov & Universities Responded to the Declaration
"Our Great Brother Here"
Two Row Wampum
Belt
"Church" Not What You Think
A Critical Perspective on the Doctrine of Discovery
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Leif Eriksson, 1st European to North America
Harvest Moon
The Jewish Month of Elul helped us prepare our hearts for forgiveness in September
The Essene & Qumran Communities
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Ancient
Feasts of Noah
Solstice
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Equinox and Solstice Observed by Noah
We are All Treaty People
The words “Treaty means that your identity is bigger than just you” are used both literally and metaphorically.
“It’s tempting to start the story of a long journey, even a journey of realization, with the arrival rather than the first, uncertain, steps. But it’s really those first steps that prepare for everything else.”
“First steps are what this book is about,” writes Matthew Anderson in his preface, and understanding Treaty
is an essential first step.
Treaty – what it meant to the First Nations and to the Newcomers who originally entered into it, and what it could and should mean for all of us today – lies at the heart of this book.
Treaty is key to the shared narrative, shared spirituality, and shared respect for the land that Ray Aldred says are necessary for our peoples – Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike – to walk well, to live well together on the land because Treaty still is, or should be, a lived reality. Treaty doesn’t refer to a one-time, historical event, but to a lasting, daily way of “living well,” in right relation to each other, to the land, and to the Creator.
Still Lots to Do
Provincial Gov
Local Businesses & Organization
Local Gov
Provincially and under the government of John Horgan:
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May 2017 - B.C. committed to implementing the UN Declaration besides committing to implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action
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May 2018 - The province released Draft 10 Principles that guide the province of BC's relationship with Indigenous peoples
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November 28, 2019 - The Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples Act passed unanimously.
The new legislation serves as the legislative framework for government-level reconciliation
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It recognizes the constitutional and human rights of Indigenous peoples
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It aligns provincial laws with the internationally recognized standards of the Declaration and the legal rights of Indigenous peoples.
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It implements the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
This aims to build a renewed government-to-government relationship with Indigenous Peoples based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership. It also aims to address the consequences of colonial policies that have lasting effects on all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.
B.C broke it down so simply - four key areas of the legislation:
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Section 3 mandates the government to bring provincial laws into alignment with the UN Declaration,
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Section 4 requires the Province to develop and implement an action plan, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples, to meet the objectives of the UN Declaration
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Section 5 requires regular reporting to the legislature to monitor progress on the alignment of laws and implementation of the action plan, including tabling annual reports by June 30th of each year, and
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Sections 6 and 7 allow for flexibility for the Province to enter into agreements with a broader range of Indigenous governments and to exercise statutory decision-making authority together.
UBCM, Victoria renew Indigenous reconciliation commitments
BCs updated First Nations Engagement Guide for Local Governments
BCs Action Plan
Reconciliation is government-to-government relations through
negotiations rather than litigation
Don Wright, head of the BC Public Service shared the draft principles with all 27,000 public service employees on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
Local Governments are Not Off the Hook
Indigenous Relations for Local Governments - developed in collaboration with subject matter expert, Tammy Robertson - 13 years of experience in successfully fostering new levels of trust between municipal and Indigenous governments leading to new agreements, joint working groups and projects, and cultural heritage protection practices.
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How to be in a better position to cultivate mutually beneficial agreements with local Indigenous communities.
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How to build relationships that benefit community interests for the long term.
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Information that exceeds the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #57 - educating government employees.
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30. september
Nasjonal sannhet og forsoningsdag
I dag er kanadiere kalt til kollektivt å hedre de tapte barna og overlevende fra regjeringen og det religiøse programmet kalt Residential School. Våre grunnleggere, sammen med hjelp av religiøse organisasjoner, skapte og implementerte politikk for å assimilere alle urfolk i den dominerende kulturen, en kultur som var og er i strid med deres egen, i Guds navn. Programmet var med vilje umenneskelig, og i strid med Guds natur. Enhver med sann tro vil vite at enhver anstrengelse for å vinne hjerter for Jesus med makt, er aldri velsignet av Gud. Det er derfor tydelig at programmet ble opprettet uten hensyn til urfolk, samfunn, familie eller individ. Resultatet av programmet gjør ingenting annet enn å bevise den forsettlige undertrykkelsen, ekskluderingen og rasismen som ble implementert for å få makt og kontroll over en "hindre". Kulturelt folkemord er begrepet som brukes for å beskrive resultatet av dette systematiske programmet, Canadas undertrykkende opphav.
Sjef Cadmus Delorme i Cowessess First Nation sier det best, "Vi har alle arvet dette, ingen i dag skapte boligskoler, ingen skapte i dag den indiske loven, ingen i dag skapte 60-tallets Scoop, vi har alle arvet det og vi må erkjenne at folk helbreder og folk har det vondt!
La oss gjøre noe med det" ~2021
This Year Let's Guague How Far We've Come Since 2008
2021 holdt Canadas #1. nasjonale dag for sannhet og forsoning
spør deg selv dette ... hva betyr forsoning for meg og hvordan kan jeg fremme det
Phyllis Webstad
I dag ble opprinnelig kalt Orange Shirt Day, det er viktig å anerkjenne tapperheten til Phyllis Webstad fra Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation som hun tok til orde for denne dagen. Hør historien hennes. Den oransje skjorten representerer nå fjerning av kultur, frihet og selvtillit. Å ha på seg en oransje skjorte i dag er din erklæring om at alle rundt deg betyr noe, for å øke bevisstheten om den svært tragiske arven etter boligskoler, og for å hedre overlevende.
Følelsen av verdiløshet og ubetydelighet som ble lagt på disse barna er nå en arv som strekker seg over generasjoner. I dag kan vi velge å bruke oransje som et tegn på respekt og støtte. Canada ser frem til at urfolk reiser seg for å omskrive sin egen arv som er forankret i deres egen kultur.
"Fargen oransje har alltid minnet meg om den dagen og hvordan følelsene mine ikke spilte noen rolle, hvordan ingen brydde seg og hvordan jeg følte at jeg ikke var verdt noe. Alle vi små barn gråt og ingen brydde seg" ~Phyllis Webstad, Residential School Survivor
Ikke en ferie
Dediker dagen til å lære mer
A Perspective on Canada's Residential School System
Overskrift 6
Videre lesning for refleksjon
For en dypere forståelse, vennligst ta deg tid til å lese rapportene på følgende nettsteder og se en kort video om tidslinjer
The Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) angår regjeringens politikk mht de opprinnelige historiske nasjonene . Disse nasjonene er viktige for Canada, og hvordan Canada forholder seg til dem, definerer i stor grad dets rettferdighetssans og dets image i egne øyne og foran verden.
Den nasjonale undersøkelsens sluttrapport avslører at vedvarende og bevisste brudd på menneske- og urfolksrettigheter og overgrep er hovedårsaken bak Canadas svimlende forekomst av vold mot urfolkskvinner, jenter og 2SLGBTQQIA-folk. Rapporten med to bind krever transformative juridiske og sosiale endringer for å løse krisen som har ødelagt urfolkssamfunn over hele landet.
Whether a once-marked grave or a never-marked grave, every child matters. The efforts to find each and every one of the children that never made it home is ongoing. Canada must support every effort in order to demonstrate support for individuals, families and communities that were affected. We do this as an act of reconciliation so Nations can begin their 'collective soul wound' journey of healing.
