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: "Why I advocate for human rights" by Leona Lortie, Public Engagement Coordinator MCC Ottawa Office, August 15, 2018
- Ottawa Office blog: "Building a city of peace" by Annalee Giesbrecht, originally published on MCC's Latin America and Caribbean (LACA) blog. August 8, 2018
- Ottawa Office blog: "Seventy years after Hiroshima, it's high time to ban the bomb" by Cesar Jaramillo, Project Ploughshares Executive Director (originally published in Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2015) August 1, 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Canadian MPs release report on trip to Palestine and Israel" July/August 2018
- Ottawa Office blog: "Supporting advocacy through service and humility" by Marla Pierson Lester. July 25, 2018
- Ottawa Office blog: "Eyes, ears - and a voice - in Washington" by MCC Washington Office Director Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach July 18, 2018
- A Cry for Home e-update #4 June 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Indigenous rights in the spotlight" June 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Ongoing concerns about human rights in Israel and Palestine" May 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "MCC speaks out on refugee travel loans, Syria and UNRWA" April 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Federal budget increases international assistance" March 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "A mining justice victory" February 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "MCC speaks out on Jerusalem" January 2018
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Marking a 20-year milestone" December 2017
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Canada out of step on nuclear disarmament" November 2017
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "MCC urges action on issue of military detention of Palestinian children" October 2017
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "MCC launches A Cry for Home - a new campaign on Palestine and Israel" September 2017
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "MCC calls on government to end military mission in Iraq" July/August 2017
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "50 years of occupation is enough!" June 2017
- Ottawa Office e-newsletter: "Funding re-instated for Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA)" May 2017