Right Relations RT Responsibilities:

This Resource Team creates an intentional structure through which the Regional Council lives its commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Calls to the Church.

Responsibilities:

• Animating the “Calls to the Church” and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
• Consciousness raising in relation to the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools;
• Responding to issues such as murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls;
• Listening for, responding to, and creating opportunities for cross-cultural dialogue;
• Acknowledgment of Traditional Territory;
• Collaborating with the national ecumenical organization called KAIROS in their educational and advocacy work towards right relations;
• being intentional in its invitation to Indigenous partners to participate;
• Overseeing and managing the “Manitou Art Collection”.