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Is Canada ready to play its part in the global climate refugee crisis?

What feels like a far-off, dystopian future has already begun: climate refugees fleeing the effects of increasingly harsh and temperamental weather...

15.04.2024 2

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Alexandra Shimo

Vote establishing Indigenous church’s self-determination passes

The remit to support the Indigenous church to be self-determining has passed. The goal of the remit was to determine if The United Church of Canada...

15.04.2024 10

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Leslie Sinclair

Choirs in Alberta came together to celebrate and support trans youth

Within days of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement that proposed a suite of anti-transgender policies, Edmonton’s choral community...

10.04.2024 1

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Leslie Sinclair

Home Away from Home

Arab Women Say What?! begins in an airport. Nermeen, a young Egyptian Canadian woman living in Edmonton, is waiting for her flight back home to...

10.04.2024 1

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Madeline Liao

Making sense of solar eclipses through ancient superstitions

On April 8th, a total solar eclipse will be visible across North America, its path ranging from Mexico to Canada. Since the beginning of human...

05.04.2024 1

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Anne Thériault

More United Church clergy are feeling targeted by congregational bullies

It only takes one. One bully can create a nightmare, not only for the clergy but for the whole congregation. Bullying is a growing problem for...

05.04.2024 4

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Christopher White

How this knitter and preacher’s kid fosters interfaith conversations through art

Kirk Dunn is an actor, fibre artist and podcast host in Toronto. Over the course of 15 years, he created Stitched Glass, an expansive installation...

02.04.2024 9

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Julie Mcgonegal

What the monsters from Bible scriptures can tell us about ourselves

When Esther J. Hamori’s brother died by suicide, she entered into a period of religious exploration, eventually returning to Judaism, the faith...

02.04.2024 3

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Anne Thériault

Navigating faith and duty during a wartime Easter

Every year during the Easter season, I can’t help but think about my time serving as the protestant chaplain to the Canadian contingent with the...

27.03.2024 1

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Steve Moore

How Easter makes me rethink the Church’s role in justice

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to...

27.03.2024 1

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Carmen Lansdowne

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