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'''Reconciliation Canada''' is a Canadian non-profit group based in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, Canada]]. The charity seeks to promote understanding of the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]], which forcibly relocated [[First Nations]], [[Inuit]] and [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] children into boarding schools from the late 1800s until the |
'''Reconciliation Canada''' is a Canadian non-profit group based in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, Canada]]. The charity seeks to promote understanding of the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]], which forcibly relocated [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]], [[Inuit]] and [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] children into boarding schools from the late 1800s until the 1990s, as well as the reconciliation process begun by the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada)|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]]. It was started by Chief Robert Joseph and daughter Karen Joseph in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=f27ba120-4a56-4f96-8c49-d2a18b954ed6|title = Hardship and hope catalyze the desire for reconciliation|date = July 22, 2013|work = Vancouver Sun}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=de Costa |first=Ravi |date=2017 |title=Discursive institutions in non-transitional societies: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0192512116667729 |journal=International Political Science Review |language=en |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=185–199 |doi=10.1177/0192512116667729 |issn=0192-5121}}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Chief Robert Joseph, a survivor of the residential school system, worked with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society and the [[Tides (organization)|Tides Canada Initiatives]] to start the charity in 2012. Local Vancouver [[credit union]] [[Vancity]] financed 500,000 CAD of the group's costs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vancity donates $500,000 to advance reconciliation and build understanding|url = https://www.straight.com/news/vancity-donates-500000-advance-reconciliation-and-build-understanding|website = Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|publisher = www.straight.com| |
Chief Robert Joseph, a survivor of the residential school system, worked with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society and the [[Tides (organization)|Tides Canada Initiatives]] to start the charity in 2012. Local Vancouver [[credit union]] [[Vancity]] financed 500,000 CAD of the group's costs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vancity donates $500,000 to advance reconciliation and build understanding|url = https://www.straight.com/news/vancity-donates-500000-advance-reconciliation-and-build-understanding|website = Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|publisher = www.straight.com|access-date = 2015-10-17}}</ref> The charity's first major public event was a "Walk for Reconciliation" held in Vancouver on September 22, 2013. Over 70,000 people participated in the walk.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vancity's values-based banking brings CEO Tamara Vrooman in contact with global icons|url = https://www.straight.com/news/373321/vancitys-values-based-banking-brings-ceo-tamara-vrooman-contact-global-icons|website = Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|publisher = www.straight.com|access-date = 2015-10-17}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 24 April 2024
Reconciliation Canada is a Canadian non-profit group based in Vancouver, Canada. The charity seeks to promote understanding of the Canadian Indian residential school system, which forcibly relocated First Nations, Inuit and Métis children into boarding schools from the late 1800s until the 1990s, as well as the reconciliation process begun by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It was started by Chief Robert Joseph and daughter Karen Joseph in 2013.[1][2]
History
[edit]Chief Robert Joseph, a survivor of the residential school system, worked with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society and the Tides Canada Initiatives to start the charity in 2012. Local Vancouver credit union Vancity financed 500,000 CAD of the group's costs.[3] The charity's first major public event was a "Walk for Reconciliation" held in Vancouver on September 22, 2013. Over 70,000 people participated in the walk.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hardship and hope catalyze the desire for reconciliation". Vancouver Sun. July 22, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ de Costa, Ravi (2017). "Discursive institutions in non-transitional societies: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada". International Political Science Review. 38 (2): 185–199. doi:10.1177/0192512116667729. ISSN 0192-5121.
- ^ "Vancity donates $500,000 to advance reconciliation and build understanding". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. www.straight.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ^ "Vancity's values-based banking brings CEO Tamara Vrooman in contact with global icons". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. www.straight.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.