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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW DECLARATION CALLS FOR PRECAUTIONARY OVERSIGHT FOR THE EMERGING FIELD OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY Tuesday March 13, 2012 — Today the Biotechnology Reference Group of The Canadian Council of Churches is one group within a broad coalition of 111 organizations from around the world who have endorsed The Principles for the Oversight of […]

Keynote Address on Just Peace Dr. Glen H. Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary – “Without justice, can there be peace? Without peace, can there be justice?” Thursday, February 2, 2012, 7 pm,  Siegfried Hall – St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, ON For more information, please see the promotional flyer here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CANADIAN ELECTION OBSERVERS IN TAIWAN Eight Canadian election observers are in Taiwan monitoring the upcoming Presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January 14, 2012. The election polls indicate a close race between the two leading Presidential candidates. Along with Taiwan’s economic performance, the relationship with mainland China is again playing a critical

“On the eve of the United Nations Conference on climate in South Africa, we are reissuing the Canadian Interfaith Call for Leadership and Action on Climate. Now endorsed by over 50 faith communities and faith-based organizations representing a large segment of people of faith in Canada, the statements calls for ‘leadership to put the long-term

Following the disturbing television images of demonstrations and conflict on the streets of Cairo, Egypt, the Canadian Council of Churches President has written the Minister of Foreign Affairs to express his concern for religious freedom in Egypt. Please read the full letter here.

Check out this article from the Council for Responsible Genetics: “Gene Patenting in Canada” – By James J. Rusthoven Written with input from the Biotechnology Reference Group of the Canadian Council of Churches!

April 1, 2011 Media Alert: Churches Name Election Priorities, Urge Leaders to Act The Canadian Council of Churches issued a letter Friday naming their priority election issues. The Council wants strong commitments from federal leaders on anti-poverty and climate change strategies, as well as serious attention to non-military efforts in Afghanistan and global nuclear disarmament.

INTERFAITH DECLARATION: A Time for Inspired Leadership and Action March 8, 2011 Together as people of faith, informed by our respective traditions, and compelled by our sincerely held beliefs to care for those in need within our communities and across this nation, we recognize this time to be a unique moment and opportunity in Canada

10 February 2011 The Honourable Lawrence Cannon Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Cannon, On behalf of The Canadian Council of Churches whose 23 member denominations represent 85% of the Christians in Canada, we write to express our deep concern over the situation of Musa Sayed. The news

The United Nations Association in Canada has announced that Ernie Regehr is the 26th laureate of the Pearson Peace Medal, say a media release from Project Ploughshares, an ecumenical agency of The Canadian Council of Churches established in 1976 to implement the churches’ call to be peacemakers and to work for a world in which