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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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CFSC on Project Save the World podcast

Our Communications Coordinator Matt Legge joined Metta Spencer's "Project Save The World" podcast together with guests Liz Carmichael (professor at Oxford University) and Rachel Small (World Beyond War's Coordinator in Canada).

It was a wide-ranging discussion beginning briefly on protests against Canada's largest weapons fair, followed by a longer disagreement about the Queen of England's Jubilee and the meaning of the monarchy today. Later in the show Matt discusses CFSC's book Are We Done Fighting? and talks about some examples of platforms that promote more positive conflicts amidst the hate and radicalization taking place on much of social media.

CFSC continues to facilitate the free workshops that Matt mentions. Find out more about building your peace skills and get on the wait list... for the next round of workshops at https://QuakerService.ca/Register.

The UN Declaration Act: Implementation in Canada

The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is meeting in Geneva at the beginning of July. CFSC will be present alongside many partners. We are helping with the above event. Note that the event is at 1:15 pm Central European Summer Time on Wednesday, July 6. Watch on Zoom.

Thank you for all the feedback!

We appreciate everyone of you who took the time to respond to some or all of our 16 question survey. We got more than 100 responses. We're now taking our time to go through each one. They will help us in future events and communications with you. Thank you! (And if you didn't respond yet but still want to, it's not too late. The survey will be available until July 10th.)