Each day we are confronted with news about the trucker convoy. Each day we are asked to believe their rhetoric about the curtailing of rights and freedoms while excusing the symbols of hate, the coopting of the trauma of residential …
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Province delays implementation of K-6 curriculum By Chris Mah Poy, Justice and Networks Support & First Third Animator, Chinook Winds Region This week, Alberta Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange announced that it would delay the implementation of the province’s draft …
Truth and Reconciliation Day Events and Resources
Thursday, September 30, 2021 From Tony Snow, Indigenous Minister, Chinook Winds Region: Truth and Reconciliation Day was established in Canada this year in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools and …
‘There are more, you know’
By Lee Spice, Pastoral Relations Minister, Chinook Winds Region For years I have prayed for the children, hoping that some mystery of the universe would carry my love back in time and they might feel less alone as they faced …
A prayer for the 215 children who didn’t come home
Tony Snow, Coordinator, Indigenous Right Relations, Chinook Winds Region: Let us mourn the loss of 215 Children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, as we remember those who never came home. The legacy of Residential Schools affects all Indigenous people. …