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;
- Hosting an annual 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.
Join our campaign on Palestine and Israel - A Cry for Home
Stories
- Ottawa Office Blog: "Prayers for the Earth: Lament and Confession" by Mat Lortie, October 2, 2019
- Ottawa Office Blog: "Climate Change: The Discussion as a Detour" by Myriam Ullah, September 25, 2019
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Voting for Peace and Justice" September 2019
- Ottawa Office Blog: "Voting for Peace and Justice" by Rick Cober Bauman, September 11, 2019
- Ottawa Office Blog: "The Starfish Parable" by Brian Dyck, September 4, 2019
- Ottawa Office Blog: "Transforming Honduras through ‘conversations flavoured with hope’" by Blanca Munguía, August 28, 2019
- Ottawa Office Blog: "The Political is Personal, embodied in paper cranes" by Rebekah Sears, August 14, 2019
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "42nd Parliament wraps up" July/August 2019
- Ottawa Office blog: "From Crisis to Opportunity: Global pathways for refugee resettlement" by Brian Dyck, National Resettlement and Migration Coordinator for MCC Canada, July 31, 2019
- Ottawa Office blog: "Clarity Needed on Military Use of AI" by Branka Marijan, Senior Researcher with Project Ploughshares, July 17, 2019
- Ottawa Office blog: "C-262 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" by Anna Vogt, July 10, 2019
- Ottawa Office blog: "MCC in Palestine and Israel" featuring commonly asked questions about MCC’s work in Palestine and Israel. July 3, 2019
- Ottawa Office blog: "Planting Peace Gathering: A place where we can grow together" by Sarah Patterson-Cole and Maacy Haahr June 26, 2019
- A Cry for Home e-update #7 June 2019
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "A crisis of compassion" June 2019
- Ottawa Office blog: "The power of storytelling in advocacy" by Ken Ogasawara June 12, 2019
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Human rights and the updated Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement" May 2019
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Seeking a Canada committed to genuine and mutual relationships" April 2019