The Justice Kit includes a range of resources from window clings to educational materials. Visit the "Store"(under "what you can do") to see it and other materials not listed here.

Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) produces educational resources that address all areas of our program. We welcome you to download them and use them.

More material on particular issues (ex. conscientious objection) can be found on the relevant web page under the relevant broader theme (ex. human rights).

Resources are normally kept on this page for up to a year, then archived or moved to the relevant issue/theme page within the website.

General

• The May 2011 issue of The Canadian Friend focused on Friends’ service through CFSC over 80 years.

Economics & Ecology

• KAIROS Briefing Paper #28 -  “Is Durban the world’s last, best hope to avoid climate disaster?” (November 2011)
• Canadian Interfaith Call for Leadership and Action on Climate Change: Canadian Council of Churches’ Press Release and Call for Leadership document. (October 2011) 
• Regulation of Canadian Resource Extractive Industry Abroad (August 2011)
• Two briefing papers on the Oil Sands and Health and on oil sands and leases (August 2011)
• Quaker Educational Package on International Economic Issues (2002)

Human Rights

Conscientious objection

• Joint statement by CFSC, Mennonite Central Committee Canada, and The United Church of Canada in support of Bill C-440 (War Resisters) (September 2010)

Civil Liberties

• Speaking Truth to Power: A Quaker Response to the Anti-Terrorism Act (February 2005)
• Brochure on Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act (June 2004)
• Anti-terrorism and the Security Agenda: Impacts on Rights, Freedoms, and Democracy by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (February 2004)
• Briefing Paper for Canadian Quaker Meetings and Bodies. This paper is about how the Canadian Anti-terrorism Legislation can affect charities and individuals. (November 2002)

Refugees

• Bill C-4 – Key concerns about proposed amendment to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (August 2011).

Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights

• Information Sheet on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2011)
• In 2001 Sarah Chandler presented the annual Sunderland P. Gardiner lecture at Canadian Yearly Meeting. Her lecture, “The Never Broken Treaty? Quaker Witness and Testimony on Aboriginal Title and Rights: What canst thou say?” prompts us all to examine our roles in the ongoing oppression of Indigenous peoples and provides suggestions for engagement and working for positive change.
• Thinking About Home  - a guided meditation created by Sarah Chandler.

Justice

• Considering Justice Informational Brochures (2010)

Peace

• CFSC Presentation at Project Ploughshares’ “Just Peace” Conference (February 2012)
• CFSC Peace Vigil Kit (2003)