Cadman, who spoke with the Anglican Journal in January, became the national church’s chancellor—a volunteer officer of General Synod who provides advice on both secular and church law—on Jan. 1.
Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has written an open letter asking the Canadian government to reconsider an amendment to an upcoming bill that would remove religion as a defence against hate speech charges— while other critics describe the bill itself as an attack on free speech.
The Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC) has announced it is re-evaluating its course of action on a plan to share office space with the United Church of Canada following the Anglican Church of Canada’s withdrawal from that plan. “The PCC understands that important factors in the originally proposed ecumenical project have changed significantly,” reads a Dec. 12 press release.
Crown attorneys withdrew a trespassing charge against Canon Michael Van Dusen Dec. 23, citing the arresting officers’ failure to provide their notes during discovery. Van Dusen was one of nine interfaith climate activists arrested during a sit-in climate protest at a downtown Toronto branch of the Royal Bank of Canada April 9, 2024. The court proceedings lasted about 20 seconds. Van Dusen had previously pled not guilty to the charge.
The Rev. Lucia Lloyd, then of the Episcopal Church, watched the first Trump presidency with apprehension. Her friends told her there would be limits to what damage he could do, despite his discriminatory and hostile rhetoric toward women and minorities, but she remained concerned. One thing she found particularly horrifying, she says, was how many Christians were showing support for the administration’s most divisive policies.
The Anglican Communion must empower diverse cultures to express the faith in their own terms, balanced with the deeper truths that make the denomination unique, say two Canadian Anglicans who served as panelists at a November talk on the faith’s future.
The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) elected two new co-chairs Nov. 27: Archdeacon Travis Enright, of the diocese of Edmonton, and the Rev. Catherine Askew, of the Anglican Military Ordinariate.
The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has directed General Secretary Andrea Mann to form a task force and create terms of reference for a national youth council for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Mississauga, Ont. The 2026 budget for the Anglican Church of Canada makes cuts to line items across the board with exceptions for parts of the
The Council of General Synod (CoGS) elected two new officers of General Synod Nov. 27, Chancellor George Cadman and Treasurer Beng Wee. Both were elected by unanimous votes.
A law firm contracted by the Anglican Church of Canada is in negotiations with the United Church of Canada on the former’s exit from an $8.18 million lease on 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Canon (lay) Clare Burns, chancellor of General Synod, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) Nov. 27.
The Rev. Catherine Short has been re-appointed to the position of priest-in-charge at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Corner Brook in the diocese of Western Newfoundland.
Parishioners at St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit are in danger of losing their place of worship if the congregation and the diocese of the Arctic cannot find solutions to several pressing financial problems, says Bishop Alexander Pryor. An outstanding tax bill with the City of Iqaluit, rising insurance rates, high operational costs and the by-now familiar problem of congregational decline—each exacerbated by the unique challenges of life in Northern Canada—have combined to threaten the parish’s ownership of the cathedral.
In the wake of the declaration by a coalition of conservative Anglican provinces of its intention to reorder the Anglican Communion around itself rather than Canterbury, two Canadian scholars with years of experience in the global South take different views on how much the apparent schism will divide the denomination in theory and in practice.
By year’s end, the ecclesiastical province of Ontario may have a new misconduct policy to cover the conduct of staff, clergy and bishops when they are doing work or holding meetings at the provincial level.
The pages of Scripture are rife with roots and branches. From the fruit trees in the Garden of Eden to the Tree of Life to the wood of the Cross itself, trees appear constantly.
The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved key elements of a strategy for streamlining and updating the church, including a task force dedicated to pursuing the six pathways for change recommended by a primatial commission along with other groups working on the national office’s property, programming and staffing.
Those close to Hamel remember him as a tireless advocate for local, national and international causes. He fought for everything from Indigenous land rights to the abolishment of apartheid to natural conservation and the wildlife sanctuary he helped found near Masset, B.C.
Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson of the diocese of Montreal will retire Oct. 5 after a 44-year career in the church—including 10 years as diocesan bishop of Montreal.
When St. Clement’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver, B.C. got a request to use their building for filming a TV production going by the name “Megasword” in 2024, says the Rev. Helen Dunn, the church’s rector, it was the church’s first time being approached for a film rental.