The 17-member commission held its second meeting at St. Peter\u2019s Church on the Six Nations Reserve in southwestern Ontario from Nov. 6 to 8, welcoming Janaki Bandara from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada to the commission.<\/p>\n
Finlay and Wesley reported that the commission began to develop a theological reflection on the Doctrine of Discovery, its continuing impact and ways that it might be dismantled. Secondly, members discussed \u201cwhat reconciliation looks like in parishes and communities, particularly around the understanding of healing and wholeness and the Circle of Life,\u201d\u009d which Wesley explained is a part of the teachings of the medicine wheel. Thirdly, they explored how the quality of life in indigenous communities could be improved by understanding the nature of treaties and the Indian Act, an act that he said \u201ccrippled the aboriginal people\u201d\u009d after it was passed in 1951 and became law.<\/p>\n