CYM Newsletter Archive

Last opportunity for giving in 2021; private winter retreats at camp; CYM is hiring; Western Half-Yearly Meeting; exploration on CYM-in-Session; conference on decolonizing for Indigenous Friends; online Quaker conversation circles by Education & Outreach committee; CYM2022 online; CYM Archivist hired; Canadian Friend delayed

Quaker Leadings in Higher Education event “Resisting Incarceration for All”; CFSC’s Get to Know Thee, Friend series continues & recordings available; Quakers call for action regarding the discovery of graves at residential schools; CYM2022 going online; ideas for future Yearly Meeting gatherings; summary of a year & an opportunity for you to make a difference; “CRISPR-Cas9 and the Theo-Ethics of Gene Editing” event; apply to be the new Ottawa Monthly Meeting Resident Friend; Dec 4th CYM Representative Meeting; apply for Pendle Hill’s Spring Term

• A welcome for new members within CYM
• KAIROS For the Love of Creation Fall Symposium
• Our interim CYM Secretary: Jocelyne Tranquilla
• Pendle Hill’s 2022 Spring Term
• Nov 20 & Dec 4th: CYM Representative Meeting
• FGC Gathering: COVID preparedness & other updates
• Opening for Resident Friend at Ottawa Monthly Meeting
• CFSC’s Get to Know Thee, Friend series continues
• Summary of the year & an opportunity for you to make a difference

CFSC’s Are We Done Fighting? workshops; help update the Find a Meeting page; Cours en ligne: Introduction aux quakers; The Canadian Friend: September 7th submission deadline; share your local outreach plans; CFSC’s Get to Know Thee, Friend series continues; simpler Meetings; “Did you know?” from CYM Contributions Committee; “Sweet Home Monteverde” website correction; Maison Quaker fall programming

Canadian Yearly Meeting 2021 is ONLINE from August 8-14; children’s program at CYM in session; CYM fringe website; Camp NeeKauNis availability; CYM Contributions Corner; “Sweet Home Monteverde” viewing; Cours en ligne – Introduction aux quakers; Maison Quaker fall programming

Register for “Hope as a Practice”; register now for CYM2021 and submit your SIGs; presentation on “In a Time of Transition: Seeds of Change, Roots of Strength”; with love from Rep Meeting: sharing Friendly resources; Canadian Friend Subscription Reminder; a word from Nominations Committee; CYM Contributions Corner; for YAFs – Continuing Revolution 2021 online; Friends’ Journal is seeking Quaker speculative fiction submissions; watch the ceremony for International Conscientious Objectors’ Day; Thomas Merton’s The Road Ahead

CYM2021 will gather virtually this August 8-14th; “Uh oh, was that a leading?” online course; Calgary Monthly Meeting book event; Change and Sustainable Transformation event; Food Coop Greatest Hits; addressing conflict amongst Friends resource; nominations season; FGC early registration opens; #NoWar2021 conference

Zoom Climate Session with TMM and Lyn Adamson; Ottawa Monthly Meeting Meeting for Healing; NeeKauNis Zoom social; Get to Know Thee, Friend – A 12 part series for Canadian Friends Service Committee’s 90th anniversary; recorded talk on “Why I am Still A Quaker, Even Though I’m an Athiest”; Food Coop Greatest Hits; What’s Up in April?

nominations season; Get to Know Thee, Friend – A 12 part series for Canadian Friends Service Committee’s 90th anniversary; apply for the Quaker United Nations Office Virtual Summer School; Threshing sessions on laying down the CYM in Session Food Coop; Monthly online worship sharing with Quaker Earthcare Witness; evening program schedule for FGC Gathering now available; CYM Meetings for Worship for Business online Feb. 6

The new Quaker.ca is live; building the Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting community; top 5 QuakerSpeak Videos of 2020; Woodbrooke “Confident Quakerism” course; Quaker United Nations Office launches People’s Climate Empowerment series; year-end support to CYM; CYM Meetings for Worship for Business online Jan. 23 and Feb. 6

Support CYM, now and through the year; virtual gathering for Young Friends; Canadian Friends Service Committee Grants; Save the date – Meetings for Business online Jan. 23 and Feb. 6; CYM2021 will be online-only

• New Pendle Hill pamphlet on Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice
• Refugee sponsorship opportunity
• Quaker outreach image
• Western Half-Yearly Meeting epistle
• Memorial Meeting for Anne Thomas
• Call for proposals for Quaker Peacemaking book

• Read the Canadian Friend
• Friends World Committee for Consultation Northeast Regional Gathering
• Read the CYM2020 epistle
• Canadian Friends Service Committee weekly virtual Meeting for Worship
• Search for next Resident Friends for Congenies, France

• Watch what you missed at CYM2020
• Does your Meeting have a plan for outreach this fall?
• Feedback sought by Change & Sustainable Transformation Working Group
• State of the Society report is now available
• Recaps and reminders

Yearly Meeting in Session is going online; CYFYM worship and mailing list; Canadian Friends Service Committee is hiring; Epistle from FGC Friends of Colour Pre-Gathering; CFSC Statement on Police Violence Against Indigenous People; other virtual events

Canadian Quakers condemn systemic racism; Interim Program and Support Committee letter; Join Personnel Committee; Change and Sustainable Transformation Working Group letter