Justice
Donald B. Smith, historian, writes First Nations back into Canada’s story
It's his passion to highlight the whole history, but he is eager to hear it from Indigenous Peoples themselves
Indigenous
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UCC in Focus
This therapist is helping residential school survivors heal in B.C.
Irene Champagne, the United Church's mobile counsellor, works with four communities along the coast
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Justice
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 schools
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Ethical Living
Author Thomas King’s moment of truth
In his latest book, the celebrated Native author turns to non-fiction. Some of it is storytelling. The rest is history.
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Ethical Living
Indigenous mothers and culture destroyed when children were stolen
Residential schools also denied women the chance to pass along language and traditions, but few stories chart this maternal loss
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Justice
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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Environment
Pipeline proposed for Kitimat, B.C. would ferry bitumen to Asia
Many Indigenous communities are opposed to Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline, including the Haisla who are at ground zero, the western terminus
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Justice
This private tutoring program may keep Indigenous students in school
Pathways to Education is helping teen students through mentoring and financial support
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UCC in Focus
Indigenous churches in northern Manitoba a world apart from south
They face logistical challenges but communities are eager for baptisms, counselling and fellowship from homegrown United Church ministers
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Justice
United Church in Quebec honours Inuit dead of TB in 1950s far from home
The federal government shipped thousands of Inuit south for treatment of tuberculosis. Some stayed in hospital for years. Many died.
