Build your peace skills: join a free interactive workshop series
You can join a free workshop series to do 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 13 times with more almost 200 people taking part. It is offered based on demand. As soon as enough people are registered … read more
Canada can help protect ecosystems by making ecocide a crime
Open letter for the criminalisation of ecocide We are living in a unique moment in the history of humanity. Mass damage and destruction of ecosystems–ecocide–committed for decades with impunity, has led to the current climate crisis, the collapse of biodiversity and the increase in serious environmental harms. This is putting our future and that of … read more
Civil society continues its call for an end to Saudi arms sales
Canada has been named twice by the UN as one of several countries perpetuating the devastating war on Yemen. That’s because, although Canada acceded to the Arms Trade Treaty in 2019, it continues to violate its commitments by sending billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The government has not responded to at least … read more
Annual Accountability Report 2021
CFSC is pleased to launch our Annual Accountability Report for 2021. It includes a letter from CFSC Clerk Lana Robinson, and highlights from our work on Indigenous rights, criminal justice, and peace issues. The report celebrates the 90th anniversary of CFSC’s quiet and effective Quaker service work in Canada. Read the Annual Accountability Report online … 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.
