Taxonomy Term: Social Policy

GC37 Impact of Trade Agreements (2000I552)

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 37th General Council 1. commit The United Church of Canada, through its ongoing work… continue reading

GC 35 Immigration and Female Circumcision

THAT we urge the Government of Canada to ensure that female circumcision and sexual orientation be identified as a… continue reading

GC38 Human Security (2003H772)

Commanded as Christians to “beat our swords into ploughshares, and our spears into pruning hooks” and that “nations… continue reading

GC32 Human Rights and Aid to Central America

WHEREAS we believe that the Canadian government’s policy and practice of aid for Central American countries do not… continue reading

GC27 Human Rights – The Disabled (1977H763)

The Handicapped and the Wholeness of the Family of God WHEREAS we believe that Christ died and rose for all and his… continue reading

GC33 Human Gene Transfer (1990H732)

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this 33rd General Council direct the Division of Mission in Canada to find the means to… continue reading

Living Faithfully in the Midst of Empire

The 37th General Council 2000 of The United Church of Canada approved the report To Seek Justice and Resist Evil:… continue reading

GC42 Living Apology to Members of LGBTTQ Communities (GC42 2015-060)

That the 42ndGeneral Council (2015): 1. Adopt the Process of a Living Apology as a vehicle for dialogue, story-telling… continue reading

GC33 Literacy (1990L326)

The 33rd General Council: 1 urges United Churches across Canada to initiate volunteer literacy programs and/or support… continue reading

GC30 Apartheid as Heresy (1984A632)

At its meeting in Ottawa in August 1982 the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), of which The United Church of… continue reading