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Dear Friend,

Welcome to the new electronic newsletter from Canadian Yearly Meeting. Publications & Communications Committee is experimenting with this new format as a way of letting you know about major developments, new issues of The Canadian Friend, future event registration, and more. To submit information to the newsletter, please email it, along with any relevant photos or links, to newsletter@quaker.ca

We encourage you to forward this email to other Friends who may be interested. Friends can sign up to receive this newsletter directly here:  

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Yearly Meeting in Session is going online!

Join Friends for an online version of Canadian Yearly Meeting in Session August 8-13th. Programming will focus on spiritual development, opportunities to socialize and connect, and social and environmental justice, with no business sessions. Business is being managed through a series of Representative Meetings, for which the documents can be found on the Representative Meeting section of the Quaker.ca business site. Yearly Meeting registration will be available soon, and the link will be sent out to Friends via this list. To volunteer to provide or ask to receive tech support, please email TechHelp@Quaker.com

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CYFYM worship and mailing list

Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting has been hosting online Meetings for Worship and Worship-Sharing for Young Friends regularly during the pandemic. We will likely continue to offer online opportunities for fellowship after social distancing measures have been relaxed, and we have begun to plan in-person activities. We would love to connect with any Young Friends within the borders of the colonial state known as Canada who are not yet involved with us!

If you would like to be kept up to date on activities for Young Friends, please click the link below to subscribe to the MailChimp newsletter.

Please add cyfym@quaker.ca to your email address book so that the newsletter is not filtered out of your inbox. And, of course, any Friend is free to reach out at that address with any well-seasoned questions or concerns for Young Friends.

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Canadian Friends Service Committee is hiring!

CFSC is hiring for two positions: the CFSC Administrator (full-time) and Finance Assistant (part-time maternity leave). Both positions will be working out of the Toronto office once it is safe again to do so. The deadline to apply is July 20th.

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Epistle from FGC Friends of Colour Pre-Gathering

Read the reflections, calls to action, and queries of the 2020 FGC Virtual Pre-Gathering Retreat for Friends of Color and their Families. "We begin by remembering our ancestors who were strong enough to make a way for us..."

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CFSC Statement on Police Violence Against Indigenous People

Two weeks ago, Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), the peace and justice arm of Quakers in Canada, released a joint statement in response to the death of George Floyd in the United States and the subsequent public actions to speak out for the critical need to address systemic racism....

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Other virtual events

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