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Indigenous-led healing: Anglican Healing Fund

The Anglican Healing Fund supports community-based healing initiatives led by Indigenous peoples across Canada. Since 1992 it has provided grants for projects that foster healing, resilience and cultural renewal in response to the intergenerational harms caused by residential schools and ongoing colonial structures. The fund centres Indigenous leadership and local priorities, helping communities strengthen language, identity and well-being. Individuals or parishes seeking to support this work may also make donations to the fund.

Suggested uses

  • Assist Indigenous communities and ministries in preparing funding proposals for local healing initiatives
  • Support parish or diocesan learning about reconciliation and Indigenous-led healing work
  • Guide leaders seeking examples of community-driven approaches to cultural, spiritual or emotional restoration
  • Resource education sessions on colonial history and pathways toward healing and hope

Key themes

  • Indigenous-led healing and cultural resurgence
  • Community-designed approaches to wellness and restoration
  • Reconciliation as an ongoing spiritual and relational commitment
  • Strengthening identity, language and culture

Best suited for: Indigenous communities and ministries, parish and diocesan leaders, reconciliation committees, educators and those supporting healing and cultural renewal projects.

Acknowledging the land and God’s creation

This acknowledgement is crafted in light of the Principles of Reconciliation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, as we seek to live faithfully in Christ and in right relationship with all. 

We give thanks to the Creator for this land, its waters, forests and all living beings, and for the abiding presence of Christ among us. From coast to coast to coast, these have been cared for and nurtured by First Nations, Inuit and Métis through countless generations. 

We honour the enduring relationship Indigenous Peoples have cultivated with these lands and waters, and the treaties and agreements that reflect these sacred bonds. We acknowledge the harms caused by colonial expansion, through frameworks like the Doctrine of Discovery and structures like the residential school system. We recognize our past failures as a Church, including disruption of connections to the land and suppression of Indigenous spiritualities. 

Guided by the gospel of Jesus Christ, we confess our need for healing. We commit ourselves to seeking truth, pursuing reconciliation and nurturing harmony with all creation. We place our trust in Christ, through whom all things are reconciled to God. 

May God strengthen us to live faithfully as stewards of the Earth. Let us walk in love, justice and reconciliation, joining in God’s work to restore all creation.