The Canadian Council of Churches is pleased to announce that The Rev. Stephen Kendall (Presbyterian Church in Canada) has been elected and installed by the Governing Board as President of The Canadian Council of Churches for a 3-year term running to 2021. The Rev. Canon Dr. Alyson Barnett-Cowan (Anglican Church of Canada) completed her term […]
The Canadian Council of Churches is pleased to announce that The Rev. Stephen Kendall (Presbyterian Church in Canada) has been elected and installed by the Governing Board as President of The Canadian Council of Churches for a 3-year term running to 2021. The Rev. Canon Dr. Alyson Barnett-Cowan (Anglican Church of Canada) completed her term
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Highlights and Decisions from the November 2017 Governing Board Meeting The Canadian Council of Churches Governing Board met on November 15-17 at Queen of the Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The Governing Board meets biannually to review ecumenical life in Canada, reflect on its significance, identify needs and direct the affairs of the Council
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Weren’t able to be with us for Redesigning the Tree of Life: Synthetic Biology and the Future of Food? No problem! Check out this recap, and make sure to make use of the videos and articles we list at the bottom of the page. The conference opened with an evening of reflection on the ethical
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On November 10, 2017, The Canadian Council of Churches sent a letter to the Minister of Justice Stéphanie Vallée expressing concerns regarding the assent and coming into force in Québec of Bill 62, An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for accommodations on religious
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On October 6, 2017, The Canadian Council of Churches sent a letter to The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressing concerns about the country’s absence from a multilateral negotiation process to ban nuclear weapons. The letter states: “In particular, we wish to express our disappointment in Canada’s absence from the recent multilateral negotiations
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6 October 2017 Executive Director International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Switzerland Dear Beatrice and colleagues: On behalf of the member denominations of The Canadian Council of Churches and its bodies, including operation division Project Ploughshares, we congratulate the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for being awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. The
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The Christian Interfaith Reference Group of The Canadian Council of Churches is collaborating with the National Muslim Christian Liaison Committee to facilitate ways for members of our faith communities to know each other, to foster respect and to create opportunities for dialogue and joint action locally and nationally. Together we are working on a project
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TORONTO – The Executive Committee of the Canadian Council of Churches is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Peter Noteboom as Acting General Secretary effective October 1, 2017. Peter currently serves as Deputy General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches and brings to this role both his big picture thinking about the Council and
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Legal challenge of Safe Third Country Agreement launched For release 5 July 2017 The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), Amnesty International (AI) and the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) announced today that they are launching a legal challenge of the designation of the United States as a safe third country for refugees. “The US was never
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