First E-News of 2022

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Canadian Friends Service Committee E-Newsletter

Thank you to Keira and CFSC is hiring

As those of you who attended one of the events CFSC hosted last year know, they were organized by Keira Mann. Keira started with CFSC as a summer Program Assistant in 2015. After finishing her undergraduate degree at Dalhousie University she went on to join our small staff team as the Assistant Coordinator, Programs and Events.

Keira supported many pieces of CFSC's work including organizing our online events. She has now decided to go back to school to study graphic design and so finished her service work with CFSC in December. We wish Keira all the best in her future career!

CFSC is now hiring for the position of Assistant, CFSC Events and Indigenous Rights. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Indigenous rights work. Find out more, share this posting with anyone who you think would be interested, and consider applying: https://QuakerService.ca/AssistantJobPosting

The top 10 most popular resources of 2021

We issued 23 statements and produced 10 educational resources last year. These were the ones that were accessed the most (all links aside from 7 and 9 are to PDFs):

  1. Addressing Conflict amongst Friends
  2. What Makes CFSC's Voice Different?
  3. Backgrounder on Self-Determination and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
  4. Joint letter on addressing online hate and opposing the IHRA definition of antisemitism
  5. Joint letter in support of Bill C-15
  6. Joint letter about ending Canada's arms sales to Saudi Arabia
  7. Video of Wanda Gabriel discussing intergenerational trauma and Indigenous rights
  8. Our favourite Indigenous films
  9. Video interview with Jennifer Preston about how the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to be
  10. Open letter calling on Canada to do everything within its power to see that Mohammed El Halabi either faces a fair and open trial or is released

Popular event videos now available

Last year was the 90th anniversary of Canadian Friends Service Committee. To celebrate we hosted an event each month called Get to Know Thee, Friend.

Each event gave a particular Friend the chance to share the story of how they came to be involved with Quaker service work. The series included current and past CFSC members, staff, and donors. Videos of each session are available at https://QuakerService.ca/GetToKnowThee

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