Prayer for National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. As people of faith we are committed to addressing the legacy of harm done to Indigenous Peoples by churches and governments, and to…
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Cracks in the criminal justice system & the road of reconciliation
by Charity Nonkes The road of reconciliation with Indigenous people has many potholes, as the lives of Colten Boushie, Tina Fontaine, and the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls can attest to. Indigenous peoples have rallied for … Continue reading
A Canada committed to genuine and mutual relationships
By Rick Cober Bauman MCC shares God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ. We have a vision of communities worldwide in right relationships with God, one…
Confronting the fear of our history
By Charity Nonkes “Yet we Christians have also been called to take a good hard look at ourselves. To reflect on our Christian beliefs, to scrutinize our missional practices. And to decolonize. It’s not…
Bill C-262 and living into a new covenant
By Diane Meredith, Co-Coordinator of MCC Canada’s Indigenous Neighbours Program. It’s Wednesday night in early May at St. James Cathedral in downtown Toronto. I sit with reams of people in…
The settler within me
What does it mean to ally oneself with people victimized by colonization when one is a settler? This is a question that has confronted me repeatedly in recent months. MCC…
Constructing a reconciliation response: Understanding the UNDRIP
If you’ve ever tried to build a Lego set without the instructions, you know it can be frustrating and that often little parts can be left out. Sometimes pictures are…
Wear an orange shirt on September 30
This week’s writer is Miriam Sainnawap, co-coordinator of MCC Canada’s Indigenous Neighbours Program. The fourth annual Orange Shirt Day is taking place on September 30th — a day to commemorate the…
Peace and Justice Notebook 