Anglican Church leader Justin Welby is scheduled to meet indigenous people in Canada over the weekend. Canadian broadcaster CBC gave this information. The Anglican Church has also been criticized for its work done during the colonial period.
So the Archbishop of Canterbury could possibly apologise. The focus is on church schools and homes where Indigenous children were taken from their parents for the purpose of “re-education”. The Anglican Church of Canada announced the visit in February.
Ahead of Tuesday’s visit, Welby said, “One of the main purposes of this visit is to repent and repent where our relations and actions have done more harm than good – and to respect the sovereignty of indigenous communities.” The history of the Church of England in Canada has caused “enduring suffering and injury to Indigenous communities,” Primate said. As part of Welby’s visit, there will also be a reception with indigenous leaders in Toronto before returning to Britain on Tuesday. The visit is at the invitation of Archbishop Linda Nichols, the primate of Canada.
Welby is scheduled to visit the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, about 100 miles northeast of Saskatoon, over the weekend, where he will meet with Home System officials and survivors. Before that, they have to travel from Saskatoon to Prince Albert, about 60 kilometers west of James Smith Cree Nation.
Between 1820 and 1969, the Anglican Church operated approximately 30 schools and boarding schools and more than 150 day schools in Canada. The Anglican Church of Canada apologized to survivors in 1993 and 2019 for “cultural and spiritual arrogance” toward indigenous peoples.
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