- “We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary.”
What this means: We want the Church Parties involved in the Settlement Agreement to ensure that their followers and congregations know about their involvement in the history and legacy of residential schools so that this issue is made transparent and the people involved, made aware. This will ensure that the policies carried out in the name of reconciliation are done so without lack of knowledge and ignorance and the reasons for reconciliation are properly understood by all parties involved
Further Reading:
http://www.united-church.ca/aboriginal/schools/faq/history
Compiled by: Irfana Hameed