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“We’re focusing on self-determination, justice, and healing.”
What is a living apology? It began in 1993 when the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada apologized to Aboriginal Anglicans for the church’s role in Indian residential schools. Since then, our church has worked to live out this apology and improve relationships between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals. We’re focusing on self-determination, justice, and healing through ministries like the Anglican Healing Fund and the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop. Explore this website to learn more about how the apology lives. READ MORE...
- At various times between 1820 and 1969, the Anglican Church of Canada administered about three dozen Indian and Eskimo residential schools and hostels. Read the broad history of the schools, or focus on individual school histories.
You can also review an archive of more recent documents produced by General Synod, mainly during residential schools litigation in the 1990s. - In 1993, Archbishop Michael Peers apologized for the Anglican Church of Canada’s role in residential schools. Read the full text of the Primate's original 1993 apology, as well as an explanation of how it’s still a “living apology.”
- Our church is working towards Aboriginal justice, through programs like Indigenous Ministries, the Anglican Healing Fund, missing children, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the Remembering the Children Tour.
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