June 21, 1965, a preacher in a small church in the suburbs of Toronto, gave a sermon on the early history of our country and showed how closely religion was tied in with it. My sister wrote notes on that sermon in her diary. “He used the text ‘He shall have dominion from sea to sea and from the great river to the outermost part of the world’” she explained. Then … [Read more...] about From sea to sea
Canada Day
A renewed Indigenous perspective on celebrating Canada Day
I am a Canadian Indigenous man who is a Sixties Scoop Survivor. My uncles and aunts, and my biological mother went to residential schools, as well as my grandparents. Three years ago, when Canada was about to celebrate 150 years, I encountered hostility from some fellow Indigenous people. Not hostility towards me, but towards celebrating Canada Day. The people I had heard from … [Read more...] about A renewed Indigenous perspective on celebrating Canada Day