December 14, 2016
As Quakers, we are well aware how dangerous surveillance and a “police state” can be. ~ CFSC, December 2016
December 5, 2016
Canadian Friends Service Committee has joined a major call from around the world for a moratorium on gene drives. We’ve written about gene drives in […]
December 1, 2016
Just peace is the dream of BDS: A statement on Ontario’s anti-BDS debate The holocaust was a tragedy of inconceivable proportion. It is sickening not only […]
November 11, 2016
The Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Project at Muskrat Falls has been contentious since construction began in 2013. Recent studies by Harvard University scientists have shown that if […]
October 27, 2016
Friends support recommendations to improve policing in Ontario There are many long-standing human rights issues around policing in Ontario. These include racial profiling, discriminatory use of […]
August 19, 2016
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) is pleased to endorse the National Council of Canadian Muslims’ Charter for Inclusive Communities. We are deeply concerned by Islamophobia […]
August 11, 2016
CYM 2016 minute on reconciliation At the annual gathering of Quakers in Canada, Canadian Yearly Meeting in session, Friends found deep unity on a new position […]
August 2, 2016
Prison expansion is costly and damaging to our communities when more successful alternatives exist. In the following open letter we explain our reasons for endorsing the […]
June 24, 2016
Canada reviewing prison farms – have your say! According to a 2013 case study prison farms: provide much needed rehabilitation programs: development of work ethic and responsibility […]