Canada’s remaining residential school buildings are a grim reminder to a shameful history
While many have already been destroyed, Canada is struggling to deal with those former school that continue to haunt the nation
Fair trade coffee might not be as beneficial as you think
Buying fair trade coffee doesn’t hurt. But it doesn’t help as much as we might imagine.
United Church member Florence Kaefer on being a reconciliation pioneer
Her journey of reconciliation with former Norway House student and abuse victim Edward Gamblin has drawn national media attention and is the
United Church members Jim and Eva Manly on campaigning for Palestinians
In 2012, Jim was an Israeli prison after joining 29 others on the Estelle, a sailing ship with a mission to run
Outreach workers try to keep churches growing, but face paltry pay
What is it costing the church's future when so many who are trying to help it evolve, have to settle for part-time
Small B.C. island community is split on coal transport in strait
People on tiny Texada, north of Vancouver, worry the community will vanish if industry wishes thwarted
Diana Butler Bass on why mainline churches have disappointed people
Questions about belief and belonging and behaviour don’t go away, but people are longing for them to be addressed differently, the Virginia-based
Residential schools foster traumatic legacy in child-protection numbers
Thousands of Indigenous children are caught up in the foster care system, a haunting echo of all those children taken to residential
Malawi draws the author back after 13 years, but redemption is elusive
Pieta Woolley promised to raise money for an African community but failed to deliver. Her lapse has haunted her all these years
Residential school survivors’ scars bleed into following generations
The arrogant colonial practice left families broken, communities shattered and dreams extinguished for generations
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