Peace Library
The Canadian Memorial Peace Library is located in room 202 of the Centre for Peace.
The collection covers a wide selection of topics of interest to our church community whose goal is to deepen theological knowledge, support personal lives and goals, to help with decisions in times of joy, and grief and to aid in the understanding of issues that confront us as Christians in the 21st century.
Resources are catalogued according to the Dewey Decimal system. There is a card catalogue in the library where borrowers can search for resources by author, title or subject. Resources are selected from suggestions by staff and congregation members and by those involved with the library.
The library is supported by a small sum from the church budget, by personal donations, and by a very generous donation received in 2002 from the Morris J. Wosk Foundation for use at our discretion. This latter donation has been used to purchase a computer and printer with which you can access certain links and to purchase material on peace, justice and environmental topics.
Books are periodically on display for borrowing at coffee time. They may also be signed out from the library. The library is available whenever the church office is open. (and the room is not in use by a group).
Books may be borrowed for a period of up to four weeks. We operate on the honour system. We ask that you sign the book card in the front of the book with your name and telephone number and leave the card in the box on top of the library cabinet. Resources may be returned to the church office or to the book return slot in the library cabinet.
Any suggestions on how to make the library work smoothly and any help with the library upkeep are very welcome.
The installation was dedicated on October 24, 2002 by Rabbi Yosef Wosk and his children, son and grandchildren of the late Morris J. Wosk.
Links to Peace Websites
This is a list of websites that deal with issues of peace. They represent secular and faith viewpoints, including Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist.
Please note: we do not control the content of these sites and provide them for reference only; we do not endorse all views expressed on these sites.
Amnesty International
working to protect human rights worldwide
www.amnesty.org
Canadian Council of Churches
Commission on Justice and Peace
The purpose of the Commission on Justice and Peace is to provide a forum for member churches of the Canadian Council of Churches to share information and concerns among those involved in ecumenical work on peace and social justice in Canada and the world; reflect biblically and theologically on peace and social justice, and facilitate the cooperation of the churches in peace and justice concerns.
www.ccc-cce.ca/
Muslims Against Terrorism (MAT)
To be the leading Muslim organization in the world for creating awareness about the dangers of terrorism and it's various causes such as oppression, exploitation and injustice, and unite the people to stop terrorism.
www.m-a-t.org
Peaceful Tomorrows
An advocacy organization founded by family members of September Eleventh victims. Its mission is to seek effective non-violent responses to terrorism, and identify a commonality with all people similarly affected by violence throughout the world. By conscientiously exploring peaceful options in our search for justice, we choose to spare additional innocent families the suffering that we have already experienced—as well as to break the endless cycle of violence and retaliation engendered by war.
peacefultomorrows.org
Project Plowshares
The mission of Project Ploughshares, rooted in the faith commitment to seek peace and to pursue it, is to carry out research, analysis, dialogue, and public education on peace and security issues to advance our understanding and knowledge of the roots and causes of armed conflict, and the measures and policies that are conducive to achieving a more peaceful world.
www.plowshares.ca
Shalom Center
A network of American Jews who draw on Jewish tradition and spirituality to seek peace, pursue justice, heal the earth, and build community.
www.shalomctr.org
Tikkun
Tikkun magazine began publication in 1986 as the liberal alternative to the voices of Jewish conservatism and spiritual deadness in the Jewish world and as the spiritual alternative to the voices of materialism and selfishness in Western society. Tikkun provides a space for both affiliated and non-affiliated Jews who seek to renew their Judaism, and a space for Jews and non-Jews alike to shape a politics out of spiritual values.
www.tikkun.org
Toda Institute
The Toda Institute is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization committed to the pursuit of peace through peaceful means and a complete abolition of war. Josei Toda was a staunch anti-militarist whose uncompromising declaration against nuclear weapons in 1957 became and remains the driving force for peace, justice, and education in the Soka Gakkai, a lay Buddhist organization.
www.toda.org
United Church of Canada
Issues of Justice, Peace, and Creation lie at the very heart of the church's mission in the world. Essentially, these issues speak of how we live with one another and with the wider community of creation itself – of how, concretely, we put love into action.
www.united-church.ca
Waging Peace
To advance initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to foster the global rule of law, and to build an enduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy.
www.wagingpeace.org
War Child Canada
Believing that all children have the right to flourish in a safe environment and shape their own destiny, War Child Canada supports projects to help achieve these goals.
www.warchild.ca
World Council of Churches
Decade to Overcome Violence
The Decade to Overcome Violence (2001-2010) stems from the World Council of Churches’ passionate engagement with the issues of justice, peace and the integrity of creation, while relentlessly exploring the purpose of Christian unity in a broken world.
world council of churches
If you have suggestions for other links to add, or experience a broken link, please contact us.