Category: Promote Peace

The MCC (Canadian Mennonite Central Committee) has a new issue of its journal, Intersections, available on the theme of conscientious objection. It’s a great resource, with information on the situation…

Quebec Conscience Canada members Maryse Azzaria and Dominique Boisvert drafted letters to all MPs who voted against the combat mission against ISIS. Below is a sample letter. So far two…

Have you been wondering what our response should be to the rise of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)? Through the Project Ploughshares “peace list” and a discussion among…

I realize that this letter may come across as a little harsh. If it does, please consider its message and recognize that the tone reflects an anger and disappointment with…

Dear Minister Oliver: Thank you for your reply (on paper) to my letter to you of April 30, 2014 in which I asked your government to support a bill similar…

Doubleday, 2009. 242 pages review by Mary Groh The Prayer of St. Francis, “Make me a channel of your peace”, I have sung often, but I never knew that St.…

by Esther Epp-Tiessen, Public Engagement Coordinator for MCC Canada’s Ottawa Office. Read article

by Don Woodside On October 18, 2013, board member Don Woodside presented on Conscience Canada at a workshop at the Canadian Peace and Justice Studies Association at Wilfred Laurier University…

by Matthew Behrens This past week has provided Canadians with a series of warm and fuzzies that, like most of this nation’s mythology, were built on self-congratulatory lies. From the…