Archdeacon Jim Boyles fonds

Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. General Secretary (1993-2005 : Boyles)

Description Level:

Fonds

Name Access:

Language:

English

End Date:

2002

Date Range:

1999-2002

Creator:

Jim Boyles

Physical Description:

12 cm of textual record

Arrangement:

Chronological order

History Biographical:

Jim Boyles was born in Toronto, in 1940. Boyles, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1962 with an honours degree in political science and economics. From 1932-1936 he worked for the Department of National Revenue and the Canadian Board of Transport. In 1965, he decided to pursue divinity studies. He received his bachelor of divinity from Yale University in 1968 and was ordained in 1968 in the diocese of Ottawa. He served in the Ottawa diocese until 1972 when he was appointed ecumenical officer of the national church.

Mr. Boyles has held key leadership positions within the Anglican Church, including: Deputy Prolocutor of the General Synod (1992-93); President of the Calgary Council of Churches (1988-90); Vice-President of the Centre for Christian Studies, Toronto (1986-87) and Secretary of the Primate's Advisory Group on Jewish-Christian Relations (1975-81).

His most prominent position was as the General Secretary for the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1993-2005. As chief operating officer at Church House, the general secretary's role is to oversee the work of General Synod, its committees, councils, boards and commissions, and also to connect with the diocese.However, Archdeacon Boyles' tenure as General Secretary was dominated by the residential schools crisis. Boyles formulated what became the accepted statement of the church's priorities for the residential school crisis: first to promote healing and reconciliation in the aftermath of the Indian Residential Schools, and second to survive as an institution in order to carry out that first priority.

In 2003, Boyles was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Canon Law by St. John's College in Winnipeg.

Following his retirement from General Secretary in 2005, Achdeacon Boyles remained actively involved in the Anglican Church. He was a member of the Anglican Church's Governance Working Group. He was also involved in a working group focusing on the non-legal issues of residential schools, such as truth-telling, commemoration and healing.

Scope Content:

Fonds comprises residential schools updates created by General Secretary, Archdeacon Jim Boyles, who represented the Anglican Church of Canada to the federal government in its negotiations around the Anglican role in the residential school system.

The updates include information on the Church position on residential school healing initiatives and highlights of the ongoing efforts by the Anglican Church in relation to residential schools.

Repository:

srsc

Residential schools update

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

1999

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 1

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1999 July

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update two

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

1999

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 2

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1999 September

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update three

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

1999

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 3

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1999 September 29

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update four

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

1999

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 4

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1999 November 22

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update five

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2000

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 5

End Date:

2000

Date Range:

2000 March 23

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update six

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2000

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update six

End Date:

2000

Date Range:

2000 June 1

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update seven

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2000

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 7

End Date:

2000

Date Range:

2000 October 19

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update eight

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2000

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 8

End Date:

2000

Date Range:

2000 December 20

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update nine

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2001

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 9

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

2001 March 30

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update ten

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2001

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 10

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

2001 June 29

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

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Residential Schools Update 11

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update eleven

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

Start Date:

2001

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

2001 October 16

Document:

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0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

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Container Number:

001

Residential schools update twelve

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles and Anthony Wittingham

GMD:

Start Date:

2001

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 12

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

2001 December 19

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential schools update thirteen

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2002

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 13

End Date:

2002

Date Range:

2002 April 9

Document:

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0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

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Container Number:

001

Residential schools update fourteen

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2002

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 14

End Date:

2002

Date Range:

2002 July 18

Document:

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0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

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Container Number:

001

Residential schools update fifteen

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2002

Description Level:

Residential Schools Update 15

End Date:

2002

Date Range:

2002 November 20

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

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2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential Schools Update sixteen

Creator:

Archdeacon Jim Boyles

GMD:

Start Date:

2004

Description Level:

Residential School Update 16

End Date:

2004

Date Range:

2004 April

Document:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2011-033-001

Repository:

Residential School Centre

Accession No: