Canadian Friends Service Committee

In 1947, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) received the Nobel Peace Prize for its service work during World War II.

Since 2003, CFSC has been helping American soldiers and their families who refused to participate in the Iraq War and came to Canada seeking refuge.

In 1974 individual Quakers (Friends) were led to go to Kenora in Northern Ontario to attempt reconciliation in a confrontation over mercury contamination of the waterways.

Friends with skills in pathology and medicine assisted the Indigenous community, whose people were suffering from mercury poisoning, by helping to document the problem and to provide medical treatment.

Since then the committee has supported Indigenous community building initiatives, and urged governments to live up to their legal commitments to Indigenous peoples including Esgenoopetitj (Burnt Church) in New Brunswick, Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba and the Lubicon in northern Alberta.

QPAC's work is rooted in mutual learning, which is the traditional Quaker practice of encouraging exchange, cooperation, education, and relationship amongst partners and participants in projects, overseas or in Canada.

Using Quaker practice and in worshipful discernment, QPC provides concrete assistance and engages in policy dialogue towards peaceful, sustainable communities worldwide.