Together with Faith in the City the Shining Waters Regional Council endorsed the campaign led by the Urban Alliance on Race Relations called ‘United Against Islamophobia’ in support of the Ontario Bill 83 recognizing January 29th as a Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia in Ontario. Find the full text of Bill 83, introduced March 19th, on the Legislative Assembly website.
United Church of Canada News
- General Secretary to Receive Honorary Doctorate from VST December 1, 2022General Secretary the Rev. Michael Blair has been selected by Vancouver School of Theology to receive a 2023 Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree.
- Moderator’s Christmas Message 2022 December 1, 2022In her Christmas video message, Moderator Carmen Lansdowne reminds us of the One through whom we are capable of coming together to achieve the impossible.
- Statement on United Church Maternity Homes November 10, 2022The United Church of Canada has been named in a class-action lawsuit regarding forced adoptions and abuse at several of the maternity homes it ran from the 1920s to the 1980s.
- Leadership Counts: Who Are Our Ministry Personnel? November 4, 2022Some trends among ministry personnel are emerging in the data received from Leadership Counts, the voluntary identity survey of United Church leaders.
- Leadership Counts: Who Are Our Committee Members? October 31, 2022We’re already seeing interesting trends in the data received from Leadership Counts, the voluntary identity survey of United Church leaders.