Congratulations to artist Caitlin Cousineau for winning our contest to design our Truth and Reconciliation logo.
The artist offers this information about the artwork:
This design is a symbol of growth.
The roots interwoven are to represent our ancestors who have planted seeds of hope and help for generations to come, and follow by example.
Arrows pointing upward to uplift those in need and in return uplifting ourselves, as it is fulfilling to help others.
They point upward along with the feathers to the sun rays in the heavens.
To give is to bring light into this world.
Caitlin Cousineau
Artist Bio Information:
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St. Luke's is Committed to the process of
Truth and Reconciliation
between Indigenous Peoples and Settlers.
We are grateful to The Anglican Diocese of Ontario for providing us with a 'Reach Grant' to fund Truth & Reconciliation awareness in response to Call to Action #59 of the 94 Calls to Action:
We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary.
Below are some highlights of our September 2023 activities in our parish and our region.
Truth and Reconciliation
between Indigenous Peoples and Settlers.
We are grateful to The Anglican Diocese of Ontario for providing us with a 'Reach Grant' to fund Truth & Reconciliation awareness in response to Call to Action #59 of the 94 Calls to Action:
We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary.
Below are some highlights of our September 2023 activities in our parish and our region.
Above - at 'little shoes' commemoration, church walk and teaching at First Peoples' Park as part of First Peoples' Performing Arts Festival of the Thousand Islands
Above - Algonquin Elder and Storyteller Rick Revelle at Elgin Community 'Three Sisters' Soup and Bannock lunch and presentation
Above - Algonquin Knowledge Keeper Rick Revelle at Rideau District High School, one of the Indigneous learning opportunities for local students
St. Luke's Truth & Reconciliation
Lending Library We have a selection of fiction and non-fiction books, by Indigenous authors and others, to help us live into Call to Action #59 from the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's final report: 59. We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary. Our Truth & Reconciliation library is located at Re-New Creation St. Luke's Thrift Shop, 18 Main St, Elgin, open Wed-Sat from 10 AM - 2 PM. Please drop in and sign out a book to join us on a journey towards reconciliation. You can read more about the Calls to Action here: https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/trc/IR4-8-2015-eng.pdf And discover how the Anglican Church of Canada is responding here: https://www.anglican.ca/tr/ |