Canadian Yearly Meeting

Greetings and Report from the Archives Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting

The following report is from the Archives Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting, shared with the CFHA in light of our upcoming Annual General Meeting on September 24th.

2022 08 04

To Friends in Canadian Yearly Meeting and beyond

We send loving greetings from the annual gathering of the Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) Archives Committee at the Canadian Quaker Library and Archives (CQLA) and Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario. . . . (Click here to read more) “Greetings and Report from the Archives Committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting”

By CFHA, ago

Our Enduring Heritage: Yonge Street Friends Burial Ground, Newmarket, Ontario

Quakers in the Thirteen Colonies
During the 1770s Quakers living in North America had large families and, like many settlers at that time, found that land for younger family members was becoming scarce and expensive. So began the great westward migration. . . . (Click here to read more) “Our Enduring Heritage: Yonge Street Friends Burial Ground, Newmarket, Ontario”

By Evelyn Schmitz-Hertzberg, ago