The Residential Schools (IRS) - A Christian Response
A Christian Response to Residential Schools (IRS)
This is a 5 session small group study seeking a fuller understanding of the recent Residential School discoveries, the journey of our indigenous peoples and our Christian response to that knowledge. We will view a video each session and follow it up with a related discussion Monday nights on Zoom from 7 pm til 8 pm beginning July 19, 2021. Zoom link to be provided upon registration.
#1) Introduction: What Happened – exploring the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement which gave us the TRC
#2) History: The main historical concepts from Assimilation to “We are all Treaty People”
#3) The Residential Schools: An exploration of life at the schools
#4) The Church Apologies and Indigenous Spirituality
#5) The 94 Calls to Action and some examples of positive response.