Palliative Care for the Homeless
Dr. Naheed Dosani is a palliative care physician in Toronto with Inner City Health Associates and PEACH: Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless. We interviewed him for our Palliative Care Toolkit, a practical booklet you can download for free. Watch a compelling video excerpt and read the full interview online.
Contact Your MP Now on Canada Summer Jobs
Now is the perfect time to contact your MP or meet with them in person during the summer and ask them to push for changes to the attestation in next year's Canada Summer Jobs application. You can find out how to contact your MP here. Our Canada Summer Jobs page has talking points and a sample MP letter.
How is your ability to serve your community being affected by the Canada Summer Jobs change this summer? Can we share your story to raise awareness about the impact? Email us at socialmedia@theeefc.ca.
What We’ve Learned in One Year of Podcasting
Did you know that the EFC produces a podcast? Karen Stiller, host of The EFC Podcast, reflects on our first year of producing free, weekly audio recordings.
You can listen to individual episodes of The EFC Podcast (or subscribe to download each new episode automatically) at Google Play, iTunes, SoundCloud and RSS (Feedburner). Check out our full list of recent episodes.
Audio Podcast: An Interview with Regent College President Jeff Greenman
Jeff Greenman is president and professor of theology and ethics at Regent College. He has led the college through the challenging times faced by every North American school of theological education. He met with Faith Today senior editor Karen Stiller in Vancouver to talk about some of those challenges, the changing face of the church in Canada and what we can learn from the Church in the Majority World.
Self Care: FT Interview with Sharon Ramsay
Sharon Ramsay is a registered marriage and family therapist in Toronto. She spoke with Faith Today about how all of us, particularly spiritual leaders, can care for ourselves.
This article is free online, but you can also support us and receive our print magazine by subscribing at FaithToday.ca/subscription.
Your Stories of Palliative Care: Jim Curtis
The EFC is publishing a series of personal experience stories in support of our free new Palliative Care Toolkit. This week you can read the story of Jim Curtis of Springhill, N.S., who writes about visiting the hospital with his wife and how the couple were able to minister to a lonely woman named Melody. Read his story and others in the series at TheEFC.ca.
Do you have an experience with palliative care that you’d be willing to share? Email us to tell us about it. To say thank you, we’ll give you a free one-year subscription to Faith Today, Canada’s Christian magazine. We’re also publishing these Stories of Palliative Care on the Faith Today blog.
Three Questions About Caring for and Including People with Disabilities
Janet Noel-Annable of Kitchener, Ont., is the CEO of Christian Horizons, a charity that supports people with disabilities. We asked her what churches should know about caring for them. Read her responses and other interviews in our Three Questions Series.
New EFC Social Media Accounts
The EFC is now active on a couple of new social media accounts. Have you jumped on the Instagram bandwagon? Follow us on Instagram at @evangelicalfellowshipofcanada. Are you a regular LinkedIn user? Follow us there under The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.
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→ Canada’s Gospel Music Celebration, Red Deer, July 12-14
→ BC Christian Ashram, Langley, July 13-15
→ Understanding and Answering Summit, Toronto, July 18-21
→ Festival of Faith Conference by the United Church of Canada, Oshawa, July 21-22
→ Taste of Jesus in the City of Toronto, Toronto, July 21-22
→ In-Canada Mission Trip, Toronto, July 22-26
→ Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers National Conference, St. John’s, Aug. 3-4
→ Global Leadership Summit – Willow Creek, simulcast, various locations, Aug. 9-10
→ No Greater Love Music Festival – Stoney Nakoda Nations, Aug. 11-12
→ International Leaders School of Ministry — Toronto, Aug. 13-17
→ His Eye Is on the Sparrow
→ What We’ve Learned in One Year of Podcasting
→ We Need to Listen and Learn
In Case You Missed It
→ Making Sense of the TWU Court Decision (blog series)
→ Letter to the Minister of Employment Calling for Substantive Change to the CSJ Attestation
→ Your Stories of Palliative Care: Randy Mueller
→ EFC Webinar on the TWU Decision
→ How Bees Can Inspire Us to Live Out Our Faith
→ Absolutely Life to the Fullest (Stories of Palliative Care)
→ After 56 Years, I Am His Advocate (Stories of Palliative Care)