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Founders and Builders Series Meetinghouse Resources

Founders and Builders Series: Fred Haslam

In this month’s Founders and Builders Series, we introduce you to an influential Friend and early contributor to the CFHA. Our fourth essay features Fred Haslam and is written by Dorothy Trimble. Dorothy passed in 2014 at the age of 91 but remembers the life of Fred Haslam here in her 2012 essay written for the 40th anniversary of the CFHA. . . . (Click here to read more) “Founders and Builders Series: Fred Haslam”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Events Friendly Fridays Resources

Join us for ‘Friendly Friday’ on October 16th

Please join the Canadian Friends Historical Association in a “Friendly Friday” discussion of George Fox’s journal. This Zoom session will run on Fri. Oct. 16, from 1:30-3 pm. In the course of a little more than an hour, our group covered the first 8 pages of the Journal. . . . (Click here to read more) “Join us for ‘Friendly Friday’ on October 16th”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Genealogy Questions

Research Inquiry – Doan and Wade Families

We recently received a genealogy question in regard to the ancestry of Jemima Camp Wade (1812-1895).

In 1832, Jemima Wade married Solomon Doan, an active member of the Black Creek PM and Pelham MM. One of their children is listed in the Pelham Register as born in Crowland. . . . (Click here to read more) “Research Inquiry – Doan and Wade Families”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Academic Resources

CFHA Student Essay Award and Scholarship Program

As students enter a fall semester full of new challenges, we want to highlight the CFHA Student Essay Award and Scholarship Program. The program was created to support students interested in Canadian Quaker history and promote awareness of local meetings among students. . . . (Click here to read more) “CFHA Student Essay Award and Scholarship Program”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

AGM Resources

Recording of Program Portion of AGM Available

For those of you who were unable to join us at the program portion of our AGM, we have a recording of Ben Pink Dandelion and Stephen W. Angell’s discussion. Ben and Stephen have been instrumental in the field of Quaker studies and we were so pleased to have them. . . . (Click here to read more) “Recording of Program Portion of AGM Available”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Events

Robynne Rogers Healey to Speak at Freedom Forum’s Series on Faith, Race, and Civil Rights

Freedom Forum Institute is hosting the fifth program in their series, “Religious Resolve: Stories from Our Past, for Our Future,” on the Grimké sisters. The panel, “The Grimkés Speak Out on Faith, Race, and Civil Rights,” will take place Sunday, October 11th, at 3:00 pm (EST). . . . (Click here to read more) “Robynne Rogers Healey to Speak at Freedom Forum’s Series on Faith, Race, and Civil Rights”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Academic Canadian Quaker History Journal Resources

Verifying a Quaker Presence in American Television Westerns

How many times have you seen a Quaker in a television program or movie? How often have Quakers, the Amish, and Mennonites been conflated into stock characters? We are thrilled to share this guest post from Stephen D. Brooks who is researching representations of Quakers in television and film as part of a PhD in Quaker Studies at the University of Birmingham (UK). . . . (Click here to read more) “Verifying a Quaker Presence in American Television Westerns”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Academic Events Friendly Fridays

Friendly Fridays launching this Friday, October 2nd – Join Us For An Introduction To The George Fox Journal

CFHA is pleased to announce that the ‘Friendly Friday’ program presentations will launch Friday, October 02, 2020 at 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time (Toronto).

Everyone is welcome to participate. Sessions will be held via Zoom, and will typically last approximately an hour. . . . (Click here to read more) “Friendly Fridays launching this Friday, October 2nd – Join Us For An Introduction To The George Fox Journal”

By CFHA, 4 years4 years ago

Founders and Builders Series

Founders and Builders Series: Elma McGrew Starr

In this month’s Founders and Builders Series, we introduce you to one of the CFHA’s early supporters. Our third essay features Elma McGrew Starr and is written by David Newlands.

Elma McGrew Starr
by David Newlands

Elma McGrew Starr (1890-1985) was a birthright Quaker and well-known member of the Canadian Yearly Meeting. . . . (Click here to read more) “Founders and Builders Series: Elma McGrew Starr”

By CFHA, 4 years5 years ago

AGM Events

Stephen W. Angell and Ben Pink Dandelion to speak at the CFHA Annual General Meeting

Exciting news!

The executive committee is thrilled to announce that our speakers for the CFHA Annual General Meeting to be held on September 26th will be Ben Pink Dandelion of the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Bournville, England, and Stephen W. . . . (Click here to read more) “Stephen W. Angell and Ben Pink Dandelion to speak at the CFHA Annual General Meeting”

By CFHA, 5 years5 years ago