The gift was presented at a ceremony on June 18 at the University of Manitoba, current home of the NCTR. Amanda Wallin, an Anglican elder to the bishop of Rupert’s Land and a residential school survivor, represented the Anglican Church of Canada at the ceremony alongside General Secretary Andrea Mann.

The Anglican Church’s contribution will be paid over five years, starting this September. The gift reflects the church’s ongoing commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action, particularly Call to Action 48, which calls on churches to adopt and comply with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework for reconciliation.

The NCTR’s new building, on land donated by the University of Manitoba, is expected to cost $100 million. Once complete, the NCTR says it will serve as a research centre, a healing space for survivors and families, and a place of ongoing learning. The federal government has contributed $60 million, and the NCTR is raising the remaining $40 million.

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We, as primates serving God’s people in the Anglican Communion provinces of the Americas, met in São Paulo from 10 to 12 August 2026, at the invitation of our regional primate, the Most Rev. Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto. We prayed together, learned from one another and discerned how we are called to participate in God’s mission. For the first time, we gathered alongside the secretaries of our respective provinces, and we are grateful for their ministry and companionship.

We give thanks to God for the gift of our communion, which we receive as the Body of Christ. At this meeting, we strove to embody that gift as we spoke honestly and with hope about the realities of ministry in our contexts and sought to enter one another’s realities.

Meeting in Brazil, where Indigenous peoples are stewards of the Amazon and faithful voices in the struggle for climate justice, we affirmed the dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples whose ancestral lands span the Americas.

Although we are from richly diverse provinces, we share the experiences of living in cultures shaped by forces that call us to action, including colonialism, secularism, polarization, migration concerns, economic and social insecurity, corruption and climate change.

Our Anglican tradition teaches us to find unity in service to God’s mission, and we pledge to work together with mutual accountability and hope for the people of our provinces. We leave this gathering with the conviction that we have begun a new chapter in our life together in Christ.

We return home with joy and thanks for what we have shared, which has been profoundly good, and for the fruit that it will bear across the Americas.

São Paulo, Brazil – August 12, 2026

Primate Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassoto, Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil and Regional Primate
Primate Shane Parker, Anglican Church of Canada
Primate Juan David Alvarado Melgar, Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
Primate Alba Sally Sue Hernández García, La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, The Episcopal Church
Primate Brian Williams, Iglesia Anglicana de Sudamerica
Primate Philip Wright, The Church in the Province of the West Indies

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The Ven. Rosalyn Kantlahtant Elm started a new role on July 1 as Director of the new Office of Sacred Circle. She has worked as coordinator in the Indigenous Ministries department since 2024. Archdeacon Elm’s work focuses on strengthening Indigenous episcopal leadership capacity, governance and organizational alignment. She also oversees staff and programs. Archdeacon Elm continues to work with the Presiding Elder and the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Dr. Ryan Weston began a new role on July 1 as Senior Advisor, Justice and Advocacy in the Office of the Primate and the General Secretary. He has worked as Lead Animator, Public Witness for Social and Ecological Justice since 2017. Dr. Weston advises Church House leaders on matters of social and ecological justice, reconciliation and advocacy and helps develop relationships with other faith-based organizations working on issues of mutual concern.

The Rev. Canon Dr. Scott Sharman started a new full-time role on Aug. 3 as Senior Advisor, Unity, Faith and Order in the Office of the Primate and the General Secretary. He has worked with the national church in a part-time secondment role as Animator for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations since 2017. Canon Sharman advises Church House leaders on developing relationships between the Anglican Church and national and international ecumenical and interfaith organizations.

Church House also continues to see natural staff turnover. Archivist Laurel Parson has announced her retirement, with her last day of work on August 31, 2026. Ms. Parson has been the Church’s national archivist since 2019.  She worked at Church House as an archives technician from 1990 to 1994 and as assistant archivist from 2003 to 2019. The posting for a new national archivist will be made soon.

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