The Uncomfortable Journey Towards Reconciliation was the theme of the 2017 Annual General Meeting. The speaker was The Rev. Dr. Jamie Scott. Prior to his retirement in 2015, Rev. Scott served as the General Council Officer for Residential Schools for The United Church of Canada providing national leadership to the Church as it addressed the legacy of the Indian residential school system. Click here for a brief bio of Dr. Scott.
Below is a list of resources for those who wish to follow up on the presentation by Dr. Scott:
- The summary document of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
- The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
- The Comeback by John Ralston Saul
- We Were Not the Savages by Daniel Paul
- Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling and Reconciliation in Canada by Paulette Regan.
- Reconciling for the Future