CFSC expresses concerns about Canada’s involvement in arms trade
CFSC, the peace and social justice agency of Quakers in Canada, wrote yesterday to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland to express deep concerns about Canada’s involvement in the arms trade. Canada’s arms industry is opaque, as are the criteria for approving arms sales, and the role of the Canadian Commercial Corporation. What … read more
Quaker Concern Summer 2018 issue is here!
Quaker Concern Summer 2018 issue is out now. Our eight page print and digital newsletter Quaker Concern comes out three times a year to share news and stories from our work. This issue starts with Jennifer Preston and Rachel Singleton-Polster offering a day by day description of what it’s like to represent Quakers for … read more
Joint statement on free, prior and informed consent EMRIP 2018
Joint statement on free, prior and informed consent EMRIP 2018 Joint Statement of: Amnesty International Canada; Assembly of First Nations; Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador; BC Assembly of First Nations; Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers); First Nations Summit; Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Nation Government; Haudenosaunee External … read more
New fact sheets explain Indigenous rights issues
We’re pleased to launch a new series of fact sheets developed with our partners in the Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples! The three fact sheets are brief but full of important and timely information. Ideal for printing and handing to elected officials or passing out at events or rallies, each fact sheet … 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 was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum, a
treaty between the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabek.
