Tag: Indigenous
Baranyai: Why are words with power to heal so hard to say?
Why is it so hard to apologize? Amid recent wall-to-wall coverage of two very different, very public apologies, the question resonates: Why are words with so much power to heal, so difficult to offer? In one corner, the actor who once played Muhammad Ali apologized for his pugnacious response to presenter Chris Rock, not at […]
Indigenous leaders speak out after Pope’s apology for residential schools
In a historic and long-awaited first, Pope Francis issued a formal apology to Indigenous delegates on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system. Speaking in Italian to a Metis, Inuit and First Nations delegation, the pontiff asked for God’s forgiveness for the “deplorable conduct” of members of the church. The […]
Police seek tips in probe of possible child deaths at area residential school
Investigators probing possible deaths of missing children on the grounds of a former Southwestern Ontario residential school are asking the public for help.
Area residential school survivor among Indigenous group meeting Pope
She’s never flown before, let alone met a pope.
Lambeth mom takes on orange crosswalk as act of reconciliation
Among the hundreds of crosswalks throughout London, there soon could be one more honouring Indigenous communities and residential school survivors.