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‘Give us the records’: New head of NCTR says church needs to hand over school documents – APTN News
The confirmation of unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools has led to a global awakening on the effects of the harmful policy says the executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Stephanie Scott, who has been with the NCTR since 2016, had only been in her new leadership position […]
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NCTR: Pope Francis’ apology in Canada
October 28 2021 The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) welcomes the news that Pope Francis has accepted an invitation by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to visit Canada on a pilgrimage of healing and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Nearly a month after the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the NCTR […]
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Manitoba First Nations leaders Fontaine, McLeod hope to get more than apology out of Pope Francis – CBC
Oct 28, 2021 Catholic Church leader to visit Canada for the first time since 2002 The Pope is coming to Canada and a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations hopes to get more than an apology out of him. Pope Francis has accepted an invitation by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to […]
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Phil Fontaine talks about his upcoming meeting with Pope Francis – CBC
Oct 22, 2021 CBC’s Janet Stewart talks to Phil Fontaine, the former grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, about being named Manitoba’s representative at a meeting with Pope Francis, where First Nations leaders will petition for an official apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school […]
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Phil Fontaine to represent Manitoba First Nations at meeting with Pope Francis
Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse of the Office of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Manitoba Region, today announced the appointment of Phil Fontaine as the Manitoba representative to the First Nations delegation scheduled to travel to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis this December. “It is my honour to […]
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Phil Fontaine named Manitoba delegate to meet with Pope Francis about residential schools – CBC
Oct 20, 2021 Former head of AFN and AMC involved in negotiations that resulted in residential schools settlement The former head of provincial and national First Nations groups will represent Manitoba First Nations in a meeting with the Pope in December to talk about the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. Phil Fontaine was named the Manitoba […]
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Manitoba archdioceses seek to do part in national reconciliation – Winnipeg Free Press
Sep. 29, 2021 ROMAN Catholics in Manitoba will soon have a chance to participate in a three-year fundraising and education campaign to promote reconciliation. The campaign in partnership with Indigenous people and organizations will begin later this fall, says Archbishop Albert LeGatt of the Archdiocese of St. Boniface. “We are going to start with education […]
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The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation welcomes Canada’s Catholic bishops’ residential school apology
September 27 2021 The recent news that the Canadian Conference for Catholic Bishops has issued a formal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system was welcomed today by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). As the country nears the start of Truth and Reconciliation Week and the inaugural National […]
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Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse Statement
Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse August 3, 2021 Winnipeg, MB: Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse issued the below statement today in response to calls from provincial MLP Nahanni Fontaine for a public apology and removal of a Winnipeg Catholic priest following a recent comments suggesting many residential school survivors had positive experiences […]
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Canadian priest accuses Indigenous victims of fabricating school abuse: ‘Kind of hard if you’re poor not to lie’ – The Washington Post
In early July, the Rev. Rhéal Forest delivered a sermon at St. Emile Catholic Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, about Canada’s residential schools, which had been sites of violence and sexual abuse toward Indigenous children for more than a century. “Fake news,” Forest said about reports that the system inflicted psychological, physical and sexual abuse on […]
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