One Easy Change in Perspective Can Deepen Your Understanding
You know who you are and what you stand for. And sometimes that’s just miles away from what your partner, co-workers, or family members stand for or care about. Or is it? One simple tool will help you find out. And this knowledge might surprise you. Let’s say that you’re a proud individualist. What you … read more
Joint statement from UN in Geneva
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesFifteenth session, 4–8 July, 2022, Item 9United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesSpeaker: Sashia LeungCoalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples Joint Statement of Amnesty International, Amnistie international, BC Assembly of First Nations, British Columbia Treaty Commission, Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Femmes Autochtones du … read more
Event video: Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
CFSC helped organize a side event at the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples meeting in Geneva at the beginning of July. Here’s the event poster: Watch a recording of the event: Learn more about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
CFSC on Project Save The World podcast
Our Communications Coordinator Matt Legge joined Metta Spencer’s “Project Save The World” podcast together with guests Liz Carmichael (professor at Oxford University) and Rachel Small (World Beyond War’s Coordinator in Canada). It was a wide-ranging discussion beginning briefly on protests against Canada’s largest weapons fair, followed by a longer disagreement about the Queen of England’s … 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.
