The Ottawa Office is MCC’s voice to the Canadian government, advocating for policies that support our work of relief, development and peacebuilding.
We also inform Canadians about political issues and how they can get involved.
Some of our work includes:
- Writing letters to government on issues such as foreign aid, mining, human rights and peacebuilding;
- Presenting oral and written testimony to parliamentary committees;
- The annual Ottawa Office Student Seminar for Canadian university students on topics such as Indigenous rights, social justice or faith and public policy;
- Producing resources such as the annual Peace Sunday Packet, our Remembrance Day Resource for Teachers, and a World Refugee Day worship resource
Read the weekly Ottawa Office blog or check out our monthly e-newsletter.
Download our Advocacy Toolkit or our MCC Ottawa Office brochure.
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Stories
- Ottawa Office blog: "We are built from the ground up" by Alexa Van Volkenburg, April 8, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "MCC Advocacy: Indigenous Rights in Canada" by Anna Vogt, March 31, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "A community approach to crime prevention" by Mackenzie Graham, March 25, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Nonviolent resistance: the first intifada and beyond" by George N. Rishmawi, March 17, 2021
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Forging right relationships" March 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Working for change through empowerment" as told by Linda Espenshade, March 5, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Divided politics and the politics of Jesus" by Paulus Widjaja, February 24, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Doing Lent Justice"
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Voices from the global church" February 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Advocating for justice in the name of Christ" by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach and Anna Vogt, February 11, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "From symptoms to root causes" by Ziad Al Sayegh, January 28, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Non-violence for social change: here, too" by Grace Giesbrecht, January 13, 2021
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Looking through the migration lens" January 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Trade, Justice and Peace" by Bekah Sears, January 6, 2021
- Ottawa Office blog: "Looking through the migration lens" by Brian Dyck, December 23, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Use of Force: A Canadian Perspective" by Bill Janzen, December 16, 2020
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Advent Waiting" December 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "The voice of the people" by Annalee Giesbrecht, December 10, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Advent Waiting" by Anna Vogt, December 2, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "A view from the Palestinian Church" excerpts from the Peace Office Newsletter, November 25, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Seeing Racism" by Francisca Pacheco Alvarado and Winifred Gray-Johnson, November 19, 2020
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Tough Conversation" October/November 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Taking a stand for peace" by Leona Lortie, November 10, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: " Welcome is more than residency" by Brian Dyck, November 4, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "10 steps to deeper political advocacy" by Katerina Parsons, October 28, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Peace: privilege, right and responsibility" by Royden Loewen, October 21, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Cartography as reconciliation" by Randy Klassen, October 15, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "A turning point in treaty relationships" by Dianne Climenhage, October 9, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Peacebuilding in a changing climate" by Emily Jones, October 1, 2020
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "When Mennonites were banned" September 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Understanding justice through stories" by Val Napoleon, September 24, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Peace and Displacement" compiled by Rebekah Sears, September 16, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "When Mennonites were banned" by Brian Dyck, September 9, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "The triple nexus" by Nyambura Githaiga, September 2, 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "Churches for Climate action" by Jennifer Halteman Schrock, August 19, 2020
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Prioritizing UN Declaration Legislation" July/August 2020
- Ottawa Office blog: "75 years later: nuclear war and paper cranes" by Rebekah Sears, August 6
- Ottawa Office blog: "Mining and the UN Declaration" by Sue and Harley Eagle, July 21, 2020
- A Cry for Home Update, July 2020