Breaking the Silence: Dialogue on Children of Incarcerated Parents
CFSC is pleased to release for public circulation Breaking the Silence: Dialogue on Children of Incarcerated Parents (PDF), a report on the first of its kind dialogue CFSC hosted in January, which brought together over 35 organizations and individuals to discuss children of incarcerated parents in Canada. The report provides an overview of the dialogue … read more
The Indigenous World is a “one-of-a-kind documentation tool, that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments Indigenous Peoples experience around the world. “The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, their worldviews, and their resilience.” For many years now CFSC’s Indigenous Rights program coordinator Jennifer … read more
The Spring 2019 edition of Quaker Concern is out! FSC’s 8 page print and digital newsletter, In this issue Keira Mann and Matt Legge discuss CFSC’s new book Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division in the cover story CFSC Launches Are We Done Fighting? Keira Mann describes her experience … read more
Open Letter to the Senate of Canada from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE OF CANADA Indigenous peoples’ organizations participating in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urge Canadian Senators to support Bill C-262, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets out minimum standards necessary to combat some … read more
CFSC’s office in Friends House Toronto. We are located on the traditional territory of the Wendat, Petun, and most recently the Mississaugas of the Credit River. This land has been the site of
human activity for 15,000 years and is the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum, a
sacred treaty between the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabek.
