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It’s hard to believe, but the year is almost over. CFSC put out lots of high quality content in 2024. Here’s what got the most attention:
Quaker Concern newsletter articles
- Justice: transformative, restorative, punitive—what’s the difference?
- An interview with our newest staff member, Karen Ridd
- Seeing the Light even in the people we disagree with
- Project Ploughshares: a peace organization supported by Friends
- The UN Declaration has shaped my life for 25 years
Website posts
- Disagreements don’t need to be agonizing. Get your free tip each week and take your conflict skills to the next level!
- Joint statement calls on Canada to immediately suspend all trade in arms and military technology with Israel
- A different future is possible: Quaker organizations share a vision for peace in Palestine/Israel
- Legal experts call on Canada to unequivocally support and cooperate with International Criminal Court
- Canadians in prisons need access to the internet to take online courses, get informed about support programs
Videos
- Weekly tips for better conflicts—tip 4: humanize
- Weekly tips for better conflicts—tip 9: help them feel safe
- Weekly tips for better conflicts
- Monica’s story: the hidden lives of kids with imprisoned moms and dads
- Kindness is our greatest attribute!—Dan and Mary Lou Smoke
Written resources (PDFs)
- Our submission to Canada’s budget consultation
- Reconciliation report 2020
- Reconciliation report 2022
- Toolkit for responding to violent conflicts
- Open letter from Canadian churches on Ukraine
Which was your favourite?