‘This is my learning, my journey’
Like many Canadians, Winnipegger Kim Thiessen was devastated when she learned about the 215 unmarked graves of children at the Kamloops, B.C., residential school earlier this year. “I didn’t know what to do with the sadness, despair and rage I felt,” says the 57-year-old mother and grandmother. After giving it some thought, she decided to…
MCC volunteers worked at boarding school being probed
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) supported an Indigenous boarding home that is under investigation by the Saskatchewan RCMP. The Mounties say a complaint was made in 2020 about a death that potentially occurred at the Timber Bay Children’s Home at Montreal Lake, Sask., in 1974. At the time, the home was operated by the Brethren in…
An Indigenous woman’s journey and advice to Mennonites
She was born Danielle Dubois and placed in foster care at age three. She stayed in five different foster homes until, shortly before her fifth birthday, the Loewen family adopted her and gave her a new name. Now known as Theresa Loewen, she grew up on a farm west of Saskatoon and says she “was…
Lamenting the loss of young Indigenous lives
Following the discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops (B.C.) Indian Residential School by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) laments the loss of these young lives. We acknowledge the deep grief this announcement causes all Indigenous peoples, especially survivors and intergenerational survivors of…
