Join us for a night with Dan and Mary Lou Smoke
Join Canadian Friends Service Committee for a free evening of stories, music, and learning with long-time partners Dan and Mary-Lou Smoke. Dan and Mary Lou have, for many years, fostered and advanced racial harmony and the elimination of discrimination in the London, Ontario community. It has been through their individual and collective efforts of sharing … read more
CFSC welcomes tabling of Bill C-15 to implement UN Declaration
CFSC welcomes the tabling today of Bill C-15, federal legislation toward ensuring that Canada implements the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, of which we’re a part, made the following public statement. Federal bill to implement UN Declaration a welcome step in the right … read more
Annual Accountability Report 2019-2020
The days have gotten shorter and there’s snow on the ground in many parts of Canada, so you know what that means: it’s time to reflect back on the past year at CFSC. Our Annual Accountability Report hits the highlights of what was a year full of unexpected challenges as well as many successes in … read more
What you think you know about this key human rights instrument may be wrong
A newly updated handout (PDF) from the Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, of which CFSC is a member, is here to help explain why so much of what is circulating in the media and on social media about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is, to put it politely… … 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.
