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A sepia-toned colour, grainy, old photo from 1909 featuring a group of Indigenous pupils at Mount Elgin Industrial Institute, a United Church-run residential school in Ontario. The students are doing laundry using old washing wheels. The girls have long braids, long-sleeve shirts and skirts and aprons on. The boys have short hair and blazers and trousers on.

How searching for lost residential school photos made me think differently about reconciliation

by Heather Menzies

Personal encounters and relationship-building are the key to reconciliation, writes Heather Menzies

Image depicts a crowd of people. At the front, a woman holds a sign reading "Queer Liberation" and carries rainbow objects. To her left is a person wearing a rainbow scarf and holding a drum. To their left is a masked woman holding up another sign.

United Church ad airs to figure skating fans across Canada during Stars on Ice tour

by Mike Milne

The 30-second video highlighted the denomination's inclusivity and diversity in an attempt to reach non-members

Illustration of a woman in a black niqab hugging a girl in a purple and pink striped shirt with brown hair and bangs. There is a boy sleeping next to them. They are in a tent and outside are two women in a niqab walking by, along with a boy in a long hooded shirt, shorts and sandals. A man with a beard, in a thawb and sandals is also walking by.

Stuck in a Syrian refugee camp, this mother could send her children to Canada. But she may never see them again.

by Katharine Lake Berz

Samia's Canadian children are in danger of dying or becoming victims of violence, but she faces an impossible choice

The author, Allyson McOuat poses with her mother. Allyson is in a cream-coloured suit, with reddish brown, shoulder-length curly hair and red lipstick. She is smiling and has her arm around her mother. Her mother is wearing a light blue dress, white pearls, short reddish-brown hair and is also smiling.

Reflections on love, loss and motherhood

by Allyson McOuat

My mom taught me many life lessons, but most importantly, she taught me how to be kind.

Colourful illustration of various people. From left to right, there is a Black woman in a colourful dress and necklace holding a megaphone. Next to her is a white man in a brown suit, vest and brown bowtie holding a thermometer. He has grey hair and a grey mustache. Next to him is a brown woman with brown hair tied back, glasses, in a green button-up shirt and white lab coat. She is holding a book that says 1.5 degree celcius report. Next to her is a young girl with brown hair and glasses holding up a sign that says There is No Planet B on top of an image of the earth on fire. Behind the girl is a white man in safety goggles, white hard hat and orange safety vest. Beside him is a white woman hiker in a striped white and pink shirt with a yellow backpack and blue jeans. She is pointing at something and talking to a brown man with a beard. He has an orange and green trucker hat on and in a grey shirt and orange shorts. In the background are money bills floating around, an airplane flying in the sky, a white bird, green leaves, an ant, flowers.On the bottom of the image is an oil refinery, an orange dump truck, a polar bear floating on an small ice glacier, a cow on top of a floating house in a flood, and several cars parked on a street. There are also wind turbines and chimneys emitting grey smoke.

We’re halfway through a 12-year deadline to keep Earth habitable. Can we get there?

by Lesley Evans Ogden

The groundbreaking 1.5 report warned that a failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would result in disastrous consequences. We're way

A group of protestors of different genders, ages, ethnicities stand in front of a RBC Bank in Toronto. Three of them are holding a banner that says, "Faith and Climate Action Toronto" on one line and on a second line, it says, "RBC Stop Funding Fossil Fuels!"

Toronto religious leaders organize a ’pray in’ to protest RBC’s funding of fossil fuels

by Olivia Vaughan

Nine protesters were arrested after urging the bank to prioritize the planet's future over profits.

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

by Alexandra Shimo

Experts predict there could be more than 1 billion climate refugees by 2050. But what happens when they seek shelter in a

This Manitoba city proved that universal basic income changes lives – so why isn’t available for all Canadians?

by Alexandra Shimo

Cheques from the government helped Dauphin residents push themselves out of poverty

Why a carbon-free world isn’t possible with capitalism

by Tahmeed Shafiq

"Climate change is deeply tied to economic activity," writes Tahmeed Shafiq

Singing together makes beautiful music — and social change

by Tahmeed Shafiq

More choirs across Canada are using the power of song to unite diverse communities

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How searching for lost residential school photos made me think differently about reconciliation

United Church ad airs to figure skating fans across Canada during Stars on Ice tour

Stuck in a Syrian refugee camp, this mother could send her children to Canada. But she may never see them again.

Reflections on love, loss and motherhood

We’re halfway through a 12-year deadline to keep Earth habitable. Can we get there?

Toronto religious leaders organize a ’pray in’ to protest RBC’s funding of fossil fuels

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

This Manitoba city proved that universal basic income changes lives – so why isn’t available for all Canadians?

Why a carbon-free world isn’t possible with capitalism

Singing together makes beautiful music — and social change

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