Truth and Reconciliation

This is a summarized version of the PCC responses to the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission)

https://presbyterian.ca/healing/trc-calls-to-action/

 

Call to Action #62 EDUCATION

Make information about residential schools, treaties, indigenous contributions a mandatory part of the curriculum

 

Call to Action #48 UNDRIP

This call urges the faith community to implement the principles, norms and standards of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework for reconciliation.

 

Call to Action #46,#49. DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY and TERRA NULLIUS

Repudiate those concepts that have been used throughout history to justify sovereignty over Indigenous Peoples and lands.

 

Call to Action #48, #60, #61 INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY

Educate clergy, laity and candidates for ministry to respect in its own right, Indigenous Spirituality as “a valid form of worship equal to their own.”

 

Call to Action #59 ONGOING EDUCATION

Provide to our members ongoing education on the church’s role in colonization and the Indian Residential School System.

 

Call to Action #46  COVENANT OF RECONCILIATION

Develop and sign a Covenant of Reconciliation with other parties to the Settlement Agreement.

 

Call to Action #61 PERMANENT FUNDING

Provide permanent ongoing funding for projects that promote Indigenous healing and reconciliation, culture, language and spirituality.

 

Call to Action #73,#74,#75 MAINTAIN CEMETERIES

With Indigenous groups and the Federal Government, support initiatives to provide a registry of children buried at schools, notify families, and properly maintain cemeteries.