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Join the Welcoming Congregation Team

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September 2022,  The Welcoming Congregation Team, under the Social Justice umbrella of Gender and Sexual Justice, is searching for both new team members, and a team lead to replace the outgoing lead, Ashley Daniels. If you are interested in leading or supporting this important work, please complete the *very short* application which will be linked … Read more

A Fresh Look at the Centre’s Clothing Room

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It’s the start of a new school year, and time for a fresh look at how we meet the clothing needs of the Keith Neighbourhood and beyond.  Yes, we need donations – youth (sizes 6 to 16), men’s and women’s fall and winter clothes and footwear.  We also need to move ahead with longer hours … Read more

First Report of the Federal Housing Advocate 

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The first Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, released her first annual report on June 20, focusing her concerns about the affordable housing crisis on three areas: Financial factors that are buying up affordable apartment buildings and pushing up rents, rapidly depleting the availability of affordable housing; Human rights violations when encampments of people experiencing homelessness … Read more

How Many New Homes?

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Canada is 3.5 million homes short of what’s needed for affordability. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, in a report released this week, calculated how many new homes need to be built for housing to be as affordable in 2030 as it was in 2003-4.  The report notes that in 2003 and 2004, a household with … Read more

Sacajawea Update

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In gratitude for this congregation’s generous donations to Sacajawea since 2016, the organization invited Bill Johnston to attend Sacajawea’s annual meeting on June 22. Here are a few highlights: Tenants will move into the 13 units at Ain-dah-ing between July 4 and 18. Sacajawea staff will move into their new office in Ain-dah-ing on July … Read more