June 2022 - Page 2

In this issue: Yukon internet sensation Gurdeep Pandher on the power of positivity; This non-profit housing model is protecting people from eviction and changing the way we think about land; When medically assisted dying creates family conflict. Scroll down for more content from this edition. Want to read everything from our magazine? You can subscribe here.

The United Church promotes global vaccine equity

by Jim Hodgson

The denomination has raised more than $750,000 to facilitate COVID-19 vaccinations in other countries, but is also speaking up on the issue

Philippe Rochette on making glasses affordable for everyone

by Aysha White

“The Glasses Guy” is honoured that others are now copying his model

Considering giving to Broadview? This is a really good time to do so.

by Jocelyn Bell

May's matching campaign means your gift will be doubled by a generous donor

‘Shelterbelts’ explores how a rural Manitoba Mennonite community wrestles with change

by Alex Mlynek

Jonathan Dyck's superb debut graphic novel turns the concept of a shelterbelt into a metaphor

Longtime activist Maude Barlow on what gives her hope

by Sherlyn Assam

In an interview around her new book, she also shares what she sees as our biggest challenge

Indigenous United Church leaders on Pope Francis’s apology

by Emily Standfield

They applaud the Pope's expression of regret for the church's involvement in residential schools, but see it as only a first step

Former United Church moderator, longtime advocate Bill Phipps dies at 79

by Emma Prestwich

He apologized to residential school survivors on behalf of the denomination in 1998