Organization & Procedure is a guide to the structure and processes of Canadian Yearly Meeting. It is intended to serve as a practical and useful guide for individual, committees, and Clerks of constituent meetings, and to encourage continuity of practice among Friends across Canada. Organization & Procedure and Faith & Practice together comprise the Book of Discipline of Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Many similar books have been published by Yearly Meetings since the earliest days, when it was found that some regular arrangements were required for the preservation of good order among Quakers. The Advices and Queries of Britain Yearly Meeting are included in both our Organization & Procedure and Faith & Practice. Many examples of other disciplines of Yearly Meetings in North America are held in the Rendell Rhoades Collection of Quaker Disciplines, which forms part of the Archives of Canadian Yearly Meeting. Earlham College’s Quaker Information Centre also offers a list of online books of Faith & Practice.
A PDF of the full text of Canadian Yearly Meeting’ Organization & Procedure (revised to approved changes, November 2025) is available here:
- Organization and Procedure (PDF, right-click or command-click to download)