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The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) has a contract position opening for a 2015 Canadian CTSA Conference Coordinator. The purpose of this position is to plan, promote, design, coordinate and evaluate the 2015 Canadian Theological Students’ Conference of the Canadian Theological Students’ Association (CTSA) in Winnipeg, Manitoba April 29 to May 3, 2015. A Bachelor’s […]

Are you in your 20s or 30s? Have you worked with the CCC or other ecumenical organizations in Canada as a student or young staff member? You are the next generation of ecumenical leaders in Canada, and we would love have you with us at our 70th Anniversary Assembly this November. We will be meeting from

As part of the Canadian Council of Churches 70th Anniversary Assembly this coming November, the CCC will hold a public prayer service, followed by a talk by Dr. Mary Jo Leddy at Redeemer Anglican Church in Toronto (at the corner of Bloor and Avenue Rd.) on November 19 at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome. In fact,

Project Ploughshares—an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches—presents World War 1 and Contemporary Policy on War and Peace, a policy conference this September 26 -28 at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ont. The conference—hosted in cooperation with Group of 78—brings together historians and commentators from civil society, the world of diplomacy, and the military

The Canadian Council of Churches—representing 25 different denominations and 85% of Christians in Canada—is deeply concerned about the continuing humanitarian tragedy afflicting Christians and other religious minorities in parts of Iraq currently occupied by ISIS. We welcome the government of Canada’s recent pledge of an additional $5 million in humanitarian aid and emergency supplies, and

The following is a statement by Canadian faith leaders, including some members of the Canadian Council of Churches. Faith Leaders Statement on the situation in Mosul, Iraq Friday, August 1, 2014 We write as faith leaders in Canada deeply concerned about what is happening to religious minorities in the city of Mosul in Iraq, and in

The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) has a new contract position opening for a Coordinator, Faith and Witness. The purpose of this position is to help staff the CCC’s Faith and Witness Commission, including overall responsibility for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity under guidance of the Commission. A Master’s or Doctoral degree in

The Canadian Council of Churches’ Human Trafficking working group has submitted a brief to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. “We welcome the recent efforts of the Department of Justice to strengthen the protection of the rights of children, women, and men to be

The House of Commons recently passed NDP MP Charlie Angus’ private member’s Motion-456 calling for a national palliative care strategy. Meanwhile Bill 52, calling for ‘medical aid in dying’—i.e. the legalization of both euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide—will soon be presented once more in the Quebec National Assembly. The Canadian Council of Churches, through the work of its

Resource kits for next year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity—including worship, preaching, and devotional materials—are now available online at WeekofPrayer.ca (et en français à SemainedePriere.ca) and in print. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an eight day celebration of Christian unity held each year between the feast of the confession of St. Peter