June E-News from Canadian Friends Service Committee

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Supporting youth with incarcerated family

CFSC’s Nancy Russell recently took part in a webinar on supporting youth with incarcerated family. The webinar was designed for front line workers (social workers, child and youth care practitioners, youth outreach workers, etc.). More than 150 took part. The event helped them understand the unique experiences of youth whose family members are incarcerated. How can youth workers intentionally build healing relationships from a place of empathy and non-judgement? Find out in this hour-long recording!

Reconciliation queries now available with a fresh design

We're pleased to share a new design for the reconciliation queries developed for Canadian Friends. Quakers have a tradition of using queries to provoke... spiritual reflection. Queries are usually simple questions used to stay grounded and to gain deeper insights. They promote work on oneself and can help a person to keep expressing their positive values during their day to day life.

Any non-Indigenous person, whether Quaker or not, may find these queries helpful in prompting reflection on their knowledge and actions for reconciliation. Download the queries (PDF).

Nuclear power event video

In April we joined Ontario Clean Air Alliance and Ottawa Quakers in cosponsoring the event Is New Nuclear a Smart Climate Solution? Video of the event is now available.

New article on “culture wars” and how conflict experts can contribute to social justice

Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies is the premiere academic journal in Canada covering peace issues. It has been in publication since 1969.

Peace Research has a new edition out and CFSC’s Matt Legge was invited to contribute an article. Since the readership is likely to be Peace and Conflict Studies professors and students in Canada, Matt focused the article for them.

The article explores the phenomena of bitter polarization and “culture wars”. It discusses what they are. It presents some of their drivers (including the thorny topics of truth and of victimhood). Most importantly, though, the article encourages experts in peace and conflict studies to be bold and to actively contribute their knowledge to inform social justice activism.