• Get to Know Thee, Friend: A 12 part series for our 90th anniversary

    Get to Know Thee, Friend: A 12 part series for our 90th anniversary

    Brew some tea and join Canadian Friends Service Committee on the last Thursday of every month this year for an online evening of discussion, sharing, and Friendship. Our series Get to Know Thee, Friend is a chance to meet Friends from across Canada and learn about their experience with Friends and with service work. Register … read more

  • COVID-19, novel drugs, and gene therapies: synthetic biology update 2021

    COVID-19, novel drugs, and gene therapies: synthetic biology update 2021

    Our 2021 synthetic biology update (PDF) is here! It’s happening right now. Many scientists, technology-enthusiasts, and corporations hope to create novel life forms. They seek to move from evolution through natural selection into a moment of ever more human-designed life.  Combining life sciences, computer science, and engineering, a field sometimes called “synthetic biology” is developing. … read more

  • Open letter: No IHRA definition in Canada's online hate legislation

    Open letter: No IHRA definition in Canada’s online hate legislation

    The following joint open letter was sent to the Ministers of Justice and Canadian Heritage. As organizations committed to the defence of human rights, civil liberties, and the eradication of discrimination, we know first-hand that online hate presents a growing threat to people in Canada. We have seen web-based platforms and social media applications become … read more

  • Build your peace skills: join our online workshop series for free

    Build your peace skills: join our online workshop series for free

    Canadian Friends Service Committee is offering a free interactive peace skills workshop series. You can join a group to learn together, doing activities from our award-winning book Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division. The full series has already run eight times. It is offered based on demand. Register … read more

 
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Other Canadian Quaker websites

Canadian Quakers working for peace and social justice through Canadian Friends Service Committee

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.

 

Quaker Concern – the website of our three issues a year newsletter


Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division – a book written by Canadian Friends Service Committee for a general audience. All proceeds we receive from sales go directly toward our peace and justice work


Canadian Yearly Meeting – the national body of Quakers in Canada


Camp NeeKauNis – a Quaker camp near Waubaushene, Ontario


Canadian Friends Historical Association – working to preserve and communicate the ongoing history and faith of Friends in Canada