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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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…
Our voices, our rights
By Miriam Sainnawap, Co-Coordinator of MCC Canada’s Indigenous Neighbours Program. She is Oji-Cree from Kingfisher Lake First Nation, Ontario. Every spring, I travel to New York to attend the United…
The legal weeds of Bill C-262
On April 17, 2018, I was sitting in on the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee when law professor and expert witness, Dwight Newman, launched into a scathing critique of the…
Canada 150 – Two rivers
by Kerry Saner-Harvey, Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Program Coordinator – Indigenous Neighbours. This is the second in a series of reflections on Canada 150. For many it’s a time for celebration. Others lean…
Art that heals, art that discomforts
This week’s writer is Janessa Mann, new advocacy research intern for the Ottawa Office. Janessa is from Ottawa and is working on a Master’s degree in International Development Studies. This…
Peace and Justice Notebook 