We’ve released a rich new document for non-Indigenous Quakers and others who are looking to move from words to action on reconciliation. The rest of this article is exerpts from the resource. We encourage you to read the whole thing: https://QuakerService.ca/Reparations Learning the truth Maybe you’re at the start of the journey and aren’t sure…
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Friends on the move
Peace Program Coordinator Mel Burns delivered a peace education workshop in Montreal, an intergenerational creative nonviolence/craftivism workshop at Atlantic Half Yearly Meeting in Prince Edward Island, and was a Quaker United Nations delegate at the first annual UN peacebuilding week in New York. We’re celebrating 95 years of peace and social justice work! To kick…
Keeping up with Friends
New executive summary and infographic explain who profits from Canada’s prisons $259,654. That’s the cost to incarcerate a woman in Canada for one year. Jaw dropping isn’t it? Incarceration costs much more than effective alternatives. It also fails to reduce reoffending. So then, why does the carceral system persist? Who benefits? Check out our new…
“Who should we call?”: what if safety didn’t begin with police?
This article is the first in a two-part series on the limits of policing and the promise of alternatives. I grew up in a middle-class, white, well-educated household in a quiet urban neighbourhood. My family, school, and the entire society around me (especially TV shows) taught me that if you’re in trouble, you should turn…
Canada’s human rights report card
Do you remember getting report cards in school? Whether you were proud of the results or not, maybe your report card helped you take stock of where you were on your learning journey. Taking stock is an important part of any effort to improve. This is also true for human rights implementation. Did you know…
Every person is worthy of healing
I met Lisa in jail. She was awaiting sentencing. Lisa had dealt drugs, and had served time previously. Her sentence hadn’t changed her behaviour, just created a new layer of trauma. Immediately upon her release, Lisa had gone back to dealing. Within a few months, she was re-arrested and incarcerated again, this time facing what…
A continuing concern: the Israel-Palestine working group
This short article is meant as a reminder and reintroduction of our Israel-Palestine working group (IPWG) and its current areas of concern. The roots of the IPWG go back to 2012, when a small group of concerned Friends began meeting informally to discern how to respond to the situation unfolding in Palestine and Israel. That…