Quakers in Canada
“Canadian Yearly Meeting is dedicated to maintaining our national spiritual community. It meets annually to conduct business, and to support fellowship, education and shared concerns. This national work continues through bi-annual Representative Meetings and year-round through the work of our committees and the personnel they employ and contract.”
Kris Wilson-Yang, OMM, with thanks to the advice of CYM Clerks and CYM Secretary
The Discipline
Three documents make up the Discipline of Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM).
Advices and Queries
The Advices and Queries is a collection of insights and questions from CYM.
Faith and Practice
Published by Canadian Yearly Meeting, this book collects quotations and writings by Friends on many facets of Quaker beliefs and concerns.
Organization and Procedure
The approved guide to the structure and processes of Canadian Yearly Meeting.
Quaker Jargon
Quakers have developed a jargon all of their own, which can be very confusing to the newcomer. Here are some good websites on what we mean by these words.
- quaker.org/glossary/ Bold font, good simple explanations
- quakerspeak.com/video/glossary-of-quaker-terms/ Not as many terms, but some might prefer video
- pmm.life/Quaker-life-resources/quaker-jargon One of the more most extensive
Victoria Friends Meeting : A History 1907-1988
This book was published in 1988 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the building of the Friends Meeting House in 1913. We hope to place a digital copy here, but in the meantime, there is a copy in the Meeting library.
Periodicals and Pamphlets
The official magazine of Canadian Yearly Meeting.
Publishers of a variety of Quaker news and commentary, including the popular QuakerSpeak video series.
An independent publication on Quaker contemplative experience.
Since 1934, Pendle Hill has continued to publish books and pamphlets on Quaker life and witness.
Library, Victoria Friends Meeting
We invite everyone to enjoy our extensive collection of books, including special sections on Quaker history. We maintain subscriptions to many of the publications mentioned above.
The catalogue is being digitized and will soon be searchable online.
Study Guide
A Self-Study Pamphlet on Canadian Quaker Faith and Practice
Produced by Marjory Reitsma-Street, this self-study guide to Canadian Faith and Practice covers all the bases.
