Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster has apologized to gay and lesbian Anglicans for how slowly the church is moving on deciding how to minister to them. The apology came during a General Synod presentation on sexuality, particularly how to give pastoral care to gays and lesbians.
12 July 2001
Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin formally forgave the church for its past dealings with indigenous peoples at a native healing ceremony during the meeting of the General Synod. The forgiveness comes eight years after the Primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, apologized on behalf of the church for its part in the residential school system.
12 July 2001
Toronto, Friday, May 18, 2001 - Led by the Primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, a senior five-person delegation representing the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada meeting Thursday, May 17 with the Hon Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, received assurances that the federal government is now in a position to "move from dialogue to formal discussions, leading to an agreement" in the ongoing matter involving 'residential schools' litigation.
23 May 2001
Canada's Anglican bishops have appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene in stalled negotiations aimed at compensating people who were harmed in Indian Residential Schools.
16 May 2001
The joint efforts of Church groups, including the Anglican Church of Canada, which swiftly responded to the earthquake disaster in El Salvador and Gujarat earlier in the year, are to center their attention on rebuilding the two areas and to help form emergency response groups.
01 May 2001
Changing Attitude (CA), a national Anglican organisation working for the full acceptance of lesbians, gays and bisexual, has received a grant to the tuning of almost £120,000- thanks to the community Fund of the National Lottery Charities Board.
11 April 2001
The leaders of nine Canadian churches have called for a peace settlement in the Middle East that would guarantee "peaceful existence within secure borders" for both Israelis and Palestinians.
07 February 2001
"Stewardship: Living Our Covenant With God" is the fifth International Leadership Development Conference sponsored by The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) for lay leaders, clergy and diocesan staff.
17 January 2001
In a vigil sponsored by Faith Partners of Ottawa, Canada, Anglican Bishop Peter Coffin and other Ottawa religious leaders have challenged the provincial government to match their donations after they pledged to donate their Ontario tax rebate to the poor.
02 January 2001
Archbishop Finlay, as he will now be known, will remain the diocesan bishop of Toronto, carrying the title of Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto. The ecclesiastical Province of Ontario includes the dioceses of Algoma, Huron, Moosonee, Niagara, Ontario, Ottawa and Toronto.
20 November 2000