Join us, June 15-19, 2017 in Winnipeg, Treaty 1, homeland of the Ojibwa, Metis & Cree nations

Indigenous Solidarity Trip: June 15-19

In keeping with the advocacy themes of Racial Justice & Indigenous Rights, the North America region of WSCF is hosting an Indigenous Solidarity programme in Winnipeg, Manitoba this June.

Up to 20 students and young adults from across Canada and the United States will be immersed in issues of racial justice and right relations, Indigenous solidarity, Indigenous theology and theologies of settlers’ solidarity, economic and eco-justice for Indigenous people, mass incarceration of Indigenous people in Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Residential Schools in Canada and other relevant topics.

Interested in attending?

Click here to apply!

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All the best job options that we know about for SCMers to hone their skills and earn some cash this summer.

If you have a job or opportunity that should be featured here, email us. We will add announcements to the page as they become available, and will share this page via Facebook.

SCM supports the Fight for $15 & Fairness, and will give priority to job announcements for students that pay $15 or more per hour.

Live interview between Selina Mullin (SCM-Montreal / MÉC-Montréal) and Éric Hébert-Daly, the
National Executive Director of CPAWS / Société pour la nature et les parcs.

We’re chatting about Canadian conservation and the Biblical imperative of creation care.

Support SCMer Rebecca Bauman, a participant in the Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights!

From April 23 to May 14, 2017, I’ll be walking 600km from Kitchener to Ottawa with the other participants in the Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights. We are walking in the hope that Canada will adopt and implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and along the way, we will be stopping in communities to learn, teach, pray, build community, and work to heal relationships.

In order to alleviate some of my costs associated with the Pilgrimage, I am selling lino block hand-printed cards. I invite you to support me as I walk and acquire some fun, local art as well! Perfect to keep on hand for when you want to send someone a short note or special occasion wishes.

Cards are $3 each or four for $10, and come in a variety of colours. Contact Rebecca Bauman at rebecca.e.bauman@gmail.com or 226-868-1716.

The Jesus ABCs are now all available in a Facebook gallery (no account required to view). If you would like a full-size poster, contact the SCM office. Donations welcome!

This poster is referenced in Martha Martin’s Lent devotional: Parables, Prayers, & Promises: Daily Devotions on Jesus, which is available in e-book form.

Student Christian Movement Spring Gala

April 28, 6pm
Multi-Faith Centre University of Toronto
569 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J7

Students, alumni, and senior friends are invited to a celebration of the Student Christian Movement’s history and future at the University of Toronto and York University. If you have been part of our community this past year, if you have great memories of SCM, or if you’d like to learn more about what we do, this is for you!

We will be celebrating the end of the academic year together with music, prayer and reflection. A delicious dinner will be catered by the Afghan Women’s Catering Group.

REGISTRATION
Buy tickets or register at Brown Paper Tickets.

Students are welcome to attend for free, but please register so that we know that you’re coming.

Regular tickets are $25. (Please contact esther@scmcanada.org if you need a special rate.)

And if you’re able to be generous, please consider contributing $15 to pay for a student’s dinner.

The Multi-Faith Centre is wheelchair accessible. Please feel free to email esther@scmcanada.org if you have any questions.

Hope to see you there!

Facebook Event

The North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) is creating a network of the various interfaith organizations in North America, with an annual conference (known as a “Connect”) to share best practices and get to know one another.

The annual NAINConnect conference will take place this year from August 6-10, 2017  in San Diego. This year’s theme is Harmony: Journey to One Heart.

The conference has a Young Adult Scholarship open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 35 who is currently involved in some form of interfaith or other social justice work. Scholarship recipients receive a stipend to attend.

The Young Adults page of the NAIN website (http://www.nain.org/young-adults.html) has more details about the scholarship and the application process. The application deadline is Friday, April 7th.

A reduced registration fee is available for young adults, which will come out of the final scholarship award of $500. The remainder of the scholarship fees can be used to help reduce the flight costs to attend the NAINConnect.

Here is the direct link to the scholarship application page: https://form.jotform.com/ssaeed01/2017-nain-young-adult-scholarship-a.

March 8th is known as International Women’s Day (IWD) across the nations. It is a day of hope, a day of courage, of celebration for women who fought for equality, justice and peace. It is also a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. United Nations (UN) has marked it as a day for Women’s Rights and International Peace since 1977.

We are thankful to the Regional Women’s Committee of the WSCF Asia Pacific for preparing this liturgy for International Women’s Day – Hospitality with the Strangers: Remembering and Standing in Solidarity with the Refugees.

Liturgy for International Women’s Day

The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is hosting a global Advocacy and Solidarity delegation of young women representing all the six WSCF regions. They will participate later this month in the 61st United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

If you are able to contribute financially or share the story, you can meet some of the women taking part and learn more here: Young Women Delegation to UNCSW61