There was a Georgetown presence on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – Theifp.ca
Aug 31, 2015
A Georgetown woman who represented the Anglican Church of Canada during the recently completed Truth and Reconciliation Commission lamented that the damage caused by the abuse of indigenous people in residential schools across the country for decades will likely require many generations to heal.
Henriette Thompson sat in on many conference calls attended hearings and events across the country and as far north as James Bay during her six-year term with the commission, which resulted in the proposal of 94 recommendations named Calls to Acton that were overwhelmingly supported by all provinces, but not as yet by the federal government.
The devastating effects from the residential schools that were federally funded and operated by Catholic, Presbyterian, United and Anglican churches from the 1860s to 1990s have been described as “cultural genocide” and “Canada’s shame.”
