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Moderator’s Statement on Residential Schools Burial Sites
United Church Moderator, the Right Rev. Dr. Richard Bott has issued a statement of the United Church response re cemeteries and unmarked burials associated with residential schools. For the full...
Moderator message: Doing our own work as the non-Indigenous church
Moderator Rt Rev Richard Bott, 29 June 2021, originally posted on his Facebook page: Over the past few days, I've been hearing a number of settler communities of faith who are looking for contacts...
Challenging Colonial Legacies through the Commemoration of Emancipation
The Black Clergy Network of The United Church of Canada presents "Challenging Colonial Legacies through the Commemoration of Emancipation", a Panel Discussion on Sunday August 1, 2021, at 8:00 p.m....
Regional statement on Cowessess First Nation’s announcement of 751 graves
Northern Regional Council of The United Church of Canada mourns with the community of Cowessess First Nation and all Indigenous communities on the announcement of the 751 graves found at the former...
United Church Communities of Faith and Vaccination Policies
Click here for a PDF version of this document June 2021. Some communities of faith and church leadership have been asking whether communities of faith may set rules around COVID vaccinations for...
Being Good Relations Network then and now
As of January 2019, in light of the changes in the church governance structure, we are now a network covering the province of Alberta, northeastern BC and NWT; and parts of territories of Treaties...
Invitation to action: asking Alberta to keep truth and reconciliation in the K-6 curriculum
This is an invitation to advocacy and witness for Albertans in particular, in keeping with commitments our church made to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools....
Letter to the Education Minister: concerns with proposed AB curriculum
Please click here for a PDF version of this letter. Related resources and background to assist you Sample letter template for your reference (Word document) Proposal from the Being Good Relations...
Sample letter re concerns about the proposed AB social studies curriculum
This is an invitation to advocacy and witness for Albertans in particular, in keeping with commitments our church made to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools....
Further reading on the proposed Alberta social studies curriculum
This resource accompanies Northern Spirit Regional Council's letter of concern to the Education Minister regarding the proposed K-6 curriculum and AB's commitments to the Truth and Reconciliation...
