The Canadian Friend is the magazine of Canadian Yearly Meeting.

The Canadian Friend, 2006 Issue #3

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Summer 2006

Volume 102, Number 3
Emerging technologies, Welcome & Hospitality, Remembrance & LegaciesCover of 2006 Issue 3

In This Issue:

2 From the Editor’s Desk
4 Emerging technologies – Donald Alexander
6 Excitement at Camp NeeKauNis – Beverly Shepard
7 Hospitality: A Friendly perspective – Jennie Wright
8 Broken open at the Welcome Table – Katie Aven
11 Are we possessed? Legacy or burden? – Helen Melbourne and Stephanie Deakin
13 Poetry: Change – Kay Collins-Thompson
13 Poetry: Fund Appeals – Jack Ross
14 A light in the ward – Ed Abbott
14 A message sent to Susan Bax in July 2002 – June Etta Chenard
15 Coincidence? Serendipity? Something Else? – Joy Belle Conrad-Rice
18 Thank you – Margaret Slavin
19 The City of Remembrance – Amy Jean Singleton-Polster
20 FWCC Ad for Founders Fund
21 CYM national listeners for Young Friends and adults
22 Book reviews – Winnifred Tanner, Don Woodside
23 The stone in your shoe: A report from Western Half-Yearly Meeting – Kirsten Ebsen
24 A report from the Faith and Practice Development Committee – Molly Walsh
25 Report from the spring meeting of Representative Meeting – Ellen Pye
26 Around the Family
28 Credits, Upcoming Themes, and Deadlines

The Canadian Friend, 2006 Issue #2

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Personal Experience of Faith

Summer 2006
Volume 102, Number 2Cover of 2006 Issue 2

In This Issue:

2 From the Editor’s Desk
4 Opening ears and hearts – Ellen Pye
6 Victoria Monthly Meeting (VMM) – Arnold Ranneris, Pashta Mary-Moon, and other VMM Friends
9 Some thoughts on Quaker “otherness” – Kyle Joliffe
10 Why peace teams risk their lives – Lyn Adamson
11 Twelfth anniversary of Havana Quakers Unprogrammed Group – Mercedes Soca Gil
12 Going in the right direction at a reasonable clip – Ed Abbott
13 Our 2006 Pre-CYM workshop stands out – Carol Bradley
14 What Quakers believe — and sometimes do! – Eric Schiller
16 From the Remonstrantse Kerk to the Religious Society of Friends – Lies Smit
18 “Greening” Canadian Yearly Meeting in session – CYM Programme Committee
20 Jesse and Peter’s bicycle trip – Jesse Thompson
21 Sylvia Graves named Interim FUM General Secretary
22 Encountering Elizabeth Fry: A poet’s reflection – Julie Robinson
25 Statistics about Quakers in the world
25 Apply for HMAC’s scholarship to attend Pendle Hill for eight days
25 Canadian Yearly Meeting listeners (for adult and young Friends)
26 Book reviews – Barbara Bucknall, Arnold Ranneris, June Etta Chenard
29 Letters to the editor
32 Quaker Book Service: new books
34 Around the Family
35 Trilliums – Bev Shepard
36 Credits, Upcoming Themes, and Deadlines

The Canadian Friend, 2006 Issue #1

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Hallowing Our Daily Lives

Summer 2006
Volume 102, Number 1Cover of 2006 Issue 1

In This Issue:

2 From the Editor’s Desk
4 Grammy, my greatest mentor – Amy-Jean Polster
5 Wangari Maathai and Terry Tempest Williams: The connection – Elaine C. Emmi
6 Some words of help from Sunderland P. Gardner – Kyle Jolliffe
7 Toronto Friends Meeting House in the news
8 Elbow grease with love – Sheila Havard
10 Broom horses and Danish Jews – Grace Wolf
11 gkisedtanamoogk, our neighbour and our friend – Sophie Bérubé
12 Some thoughts on a year at Pendle Hill – Sharon MacDonald
14 Poetry – Cornelia Hoogland, Jack Ross, Beverly Shepard
15 Our debt to imagination – Michael Miller
15 Poetry – Zoltan Dienes
16 My answer to the question: What is or makes a Quaker? – Siepko Lok
17 Poetry – Eva Lyman
18 Quaker food relief action in Zimbabwe – John Schmid
19 FWCC Annual Meeting (advertisement)
20 Book reviews – Bert Horwood, Anthony Richmond, Sheila Brown, Andrew Gage
24 Quaker Book Service: New books
25 Progress report: Faith and Practice Development Committee – Molly Walsh
25 Canadian Yearly Meeting listeners for adult and Young Friends
26 Family reunion, secret society, or faithful servant of the Yearly Meeting? A report on the fall 2005 Representative Meeting – Bev Shepard
27 Advertisements
28 Letters to the Editor – Siepko Lok, Keith Maddock
29 How to avoid paying military taxes when you do your income tax
30 Around the Family
31 An appeal on behalf of The Canadian Friend
32 Credits, upcoming themes, and deadlines

The Canadian Friend, 2007 Issue #5

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Cover of 2007 Issue 5December 2007

Volume 103, Number 5
Biotechnology

In This Issue:

3 Can We Speak for the Commonwealth of Life? – Keith Helmuth
5 Paranoia May be a Healthy Reaction to the Current World – Carol Bradley
6 Biotechnology: Is it so Similar? – Tracey McCowan
7 The Forests and The Trees – Vince Zelazny
8 Why Friends Should Be Concerned – Sylvia Mangalam
9 Biotechnology – Some Ownership and Control Issues – Carol Dixon
10 Advertisement: Camp NeeKauNis
11 Friends World Committee for Consultation’s 70th Anniversary – Alouette Lark
12 Advertisement: Leave a Legacy
13 Greetings From Afghanistan – Barb Everdene
15 A History of New Brunswick Monthly Meeting – Edith Miller
18 Long Distance Calling… – Margaret Slavin
19 Friends and Burnout – Sue Starr
20 Where We’ve Been: Friends and the Sin of the Hydrogen Bomb – Kyle Joliffe
21 Search-a-word: Almost Famous – Jen Deakin
22 Answers to the October Crossword
23 Advertisement: Food Co-op Coordinator
24 The Upside of Down/The Shock Doctrine reviews – Anthony H. Richmond
24 Discovering God As Companion review – Arnold Ranneris
25 New To QBS
26 Monthly Meetings
27 Other News
27 Credits, Upcoming Themes and Deadlines

The Canadian Friend, 2007 Issue #4

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Cover of 2007 Issue 4October 2007

Volume 103, Number 4
Canadian Yearly Meeting in Session

In This Issue:

3 CYM 2007: The View From the Clerks’ Table – Beverly Shepard
4 Young Friends Epistle
4 Young Adult Friends Epistle
5 Consultation and Renewal – Mona Callin
5 Gleanings – Edith Miller
6 Photo – Kelly Ackerman
6 Lost and Found – Carol Bradley
6 Peace Concerns at CYM 2007 – Arnold Ranneris
7 Joys and Challenges of the Work of M&C – Sue Starr
8 News from the Food Co-op – Don Alexander
8 Signs of Hope – Arnold Ranneris
9 Counter-Recruitment – Fiona McMurran
10 Photo – Elen Cheatley and Marika Haspeck
10 Photo – Erin McDougall
11 Report of the Special Interest Group on Friends United Meeting
11 Photo – Jessica Tellez and Betty Peterson
12 Letter to FUM
13 ‘New’ Biotechnology – Anne Mitchell
14 What Flavour Quaker Are You? – Evalyn Parry
15 A Faith Beyond Belief – John Calder
16 Peace File Plea – Jane Zavitz-Bond
16 Long Distance Calling….. – Margaret Slavin
17 Canadian Friends Enrich Pendle Hill – Shirley Dodson
18 Where We’ve Been: Quaker Oats, The Titanic and Collective Memory
19 Update on Court Case of US “War Resisters” – Jane Orion Smith
20 Egan-Pimblett Trust Account Established
20 Yonge Street Half Yearly Meeting – Judy Gilbert
21 A Canadian Department of Peace? – Ray Cunnington
22 New to QBS
23 Crossword – Peter Stevenson and Jesse Thompson
24 Crostic Solution
24 Some Interesting Web Pages
25 Monthly Meeting News
26 Other News
27 Credits, Upcoming Themes and Deadlines