Reconciliation

Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations building hope for the future

If you come to the North Island, to the settler community of Port Hardy, you may not even notice the small bridge at the northeastern ...
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The story of our church in this land

The following is a sermon delivered by Jesse Robertson at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria on June 23, 2024. For those of you who don’t know ...
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Day school Survivor calls for justice and true reconciliation

Between 1865 and the turn of the millennium, 699 federally-funded day schools operated in almost every Indigenous reserve across Canada. Unlike at residential schools, students ...
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Decolonizing the archives

This year the archives will begin a long-term project of decolonizing its finding aids. These keys to the collection can contain dated language. Combing through ...
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Interconnection and healing from colonization

Book Review: Indigenous Healing: Exploring Traditional Paths by Rupert Ross. Toronto, Penguin Canada, 2014.   After hearing Martin Brokenleg, a priest and prominent psychologist specializing in ...
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Discerning a postcolonial presence on ‘Yalis 

During the second week of May, I will be travelling with Brendon Neilson, vision animator, and Elizabeth Northcott, archdeacon of the Mid-North Islands region, to ...
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Lighting the Advent candles at St. John the Divine, Victoria. Photo by Alastair Singh-McCollu

Darkness and light

Christmas at St John the Divine, Victoria We are all familiar with the recurring images of light that we use around Christmas time: festive lights on the Christmas tree, ...
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Bishop Anna sets out six diocesan priorities

In her remarks to the recent meetings with synod office staff, archdeacons and the diocesan council, Bishop Anna set out six current priorities as a way of focusing the ...
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The altar at Christ Church Cathedral

Churches mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

On September 30, churches across the Diocese of Islands and Inlets honoured the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day, in a ...
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What is postcolonialism?

At a recent meeting of the Canadian House of Bishops, we were discussing the possibility of asking General Synod 2022 to pass an aspirational statement ...
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Postcolonialism, language and resistance

I speak, write and think in English far better than I do in my mother tongue, Malayalam. I cannot formulate abstract ideas — or write ...
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Spray Paint

We want to acknowledge, listen and learn

On the morning of Monday, September 13, I arrived at St. Philip, Oak Bay, to discover that the outside walls and all the signs and ...
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Four Books

New anti-racism resources added to the diocese website

In the summer of 2020, with the killings of multiple Black and Indigenous people in the United States and Canada at the hands of police ...
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