eNews: October 22, 2025 – Issue 176

This Issue:

• Letter from the Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada
• CUC Welcomes New Communications Manager
• Meet a Religious Educator
• Home at Last!
• Canadian UUs Read: All The Books
• Join Us in Dismantling Barriers – Give by November 30!
• CUC Board and Staff Gather for Annual Retreat
• Introducing the Reciprocal Annual Mentorship Program (RAMP)
• Fall Gathering 2025: The Harvest Table
• Hogan’s Alley: Hidden Histories of Black Canadians
• Trans Spaces of Safety & Belonging: Transforming Hearts Collective 3-Session Program
• Charity of the Month: SeedChange
• Things to Know About the CUC
• What’s Making us Smile
• CUC Events from October 22 to December 21, 2025
  

 

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Letter from the Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada

Activating the Canadian Unitarian Universalist Ecosystem
A message from the UU Ministers of Canada

At the heart of our faith is the recognition that we are part of an interconnected web of existence—a living ecosystem that sustains and shapes us. Today, Canadian Unitarian Universalists are called to tend to our own human ecosystem: the network of communities, ministries, and relationships that make up our faith across this land.

Why now? Ecosystems thrive when they are dynamic, diverse, and resilient. When they stagnate, they weaken. Our faith is no different. We live in a time of profound change—ecological crisis, political polarization, shifting demographics, and the ongoing call to truth, reconciliation, and decolonization. To meet these challenges with hope, our UU ecosystem must be alive, adaptive, and interwoven.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, in Braiding Sweetgrass, reminds us: “This seeming chaos belies the tight web of interconnections between them all, stitched with filaments of fungi, silk of spiders, and silver threads of water. Alone is a word without meaning in this forest.”

Her words invite us to see our faith as a living network, each part vital to the whole. Unitarian Universalism affirms that revelation is not sealed—wisdom keeps emerging in science, art, Indigenous knowledge, and in the lived experiences of people in our pews and beyond. Like the mycelial networks that connect trees, we can share resources, learn from one another, and support innovation. This is how we live into our aspiration to be deeply connected.

Many communities and congregations are already exploring ways to deepen interconnection. You might begin—or build on what’s already unfolding—by experimenting locally: reach out to those around you, ask what they need, listen deeply, and offer help in small or bold ways. The insights and learnings from these experiments can flow into the wider ecosystem conversations, strengthening us all.

The Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem project carries this spirit forward, inviting UUs across Canada to engage in conversations and experiences that spark creativity, action, and collaboration. Together, we can nurture innovation, build new channels for communication, and share what’s working to support one another.

This is not just organizational—it is spiritual. Activating our ecosystem is an act of faith: leaning into our theology of interdependence, trusting that creativity and resilience grow when we draw on the gifts of every part of the whole, and recognizing that the Spirit of Life moves through collaboration and bold imagination.

We invite you to join us. Bring your ideas, curiosity, and energy. Watch for opportunities from the Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem team—ways for congregations and communities to get involved, share experiments, and learn from what is working across Canada. Together, let us cultivate an ecosystem that sustains us and helps our faith flourish for generations to come.

The Rev. Ben Robins and Samaya Oakley
Co-Presidents, UU Ministers of Canada

Editor’s note: The Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem project is a collaboration with UU Ministers of Canada, CUC Board and Staff, Religious Educators, and Lay Leaders from across the country.

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CUC Welcomes New Communications Manager

The CUC is pleased to announce the hiring of Tatiana Saliba as its new Communications Manager. Tatiana brings a blend of communications expertise, contemplative practice, and leadership experience to this role. Her career has spanned global organizations such as BMW and Siemens, as well as nonprofits such as the Canadian Mental Health Association, and faith-based communities.

A near-death experience early in her career profoundly reshaped her path, turning her focus toward the human search for meaning and the inner dimensions of leadership and change. She has since trained in mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy, yogic and Buddhist philosophy, and Theory U, integrating these approaches in her work in organizational strategy and transformation.

Drawn to Unitarian Universalism as a spiritual home that reflects her understanding of interdependence and unity, she finds in it a living expression of compassion, belonging, and a purpose in service of the greater good. In a world often driven by speed and material focus, she feels a deep calling to help people rediscover the spiritual and social connections that bring life back into balance.

At the CUC, Tatiana ’s work includes:

• • Leading communications strategy,
  • Communicating with congregations and UUs about the work of the CUC and national initiatives,
  • Strengthening engagement and visibility, and
  • Amplifying UU values of connection, compassion, and collective good.

She considers it both a calling and an honour to share the gifts of Unitarian Universalism, helping people reconnect with wholeness, meaning, and live in harmony and purpose.

You can reach Tatiana at tatiana.saliba@cuc.ca

Welcome Tatiana!

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Meet a Religious Educator

Jennie Koops has served as the Religious Educator for the First Unitarian Church of Hamilton since May of 2025. Having moved to Hamilton in 2024, she began attending the congregation and decided to apply for the position when it became available.

“This role hits a lot of the places that I have worked in and am interested in,” she says.

A graduate of Emmanuel College, where she received a Master’s in Psycho-Spiritual Studies in 2023, Jennie’s work is guided by the belief that communities thrive when families are well. Her work now centers on holistic family care, with a focus on spiritual growth and inclusive, community-rooted support. 

“I’m really enjoying building the program for kids that is through the lens of spirituality, but also incorporates different values that the UU church has,” she says. “So the whole package is just really fun to do.”

Jennie seeks to create programming that supports families in tangible ways and meets their needs, equipping parents to talk to their children about UU values. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, reading, and playing board games.

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Home at Last!
By Karen Dunk-Green, First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto

After 5 years of “wandering in the desert”, First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto and interim Lead Minister Rev. Linda Thomson celebrated Water Communion on September 7 in their beautiful new centre for worship and community at 473 Oakwood Avenue.  Home at last!  

The original committee to consider moving from FirstU’s previous home (the 3rd since its founding in 1845) met 19 years ago.  Discernment proceeded slowly until 2017, when the congregation voted to sell 175 St. Clair Ave. W.  It took over a year to sell; 3 more (while still “leasing” at 175 St. Clair W.) to find a site meeting the requirements for accessibility, sustainability, financial viability, functionality, and location; and 4 more years to obtain permits and design and complete a massive renovation, funded by proceeds of the sale and a wildly successful members’ Capital Campaign – all against the backdrop of a pandemic, a series of temporary meeting locations, cost increases and delays, and the transition of two long-term ministers followed by two interim ministers.  Throughout this roller coaster ride, the FirstU community and staff drew upon deep resources of resilience, flexibility, patience, volunteerism, humour, and trust.   

FirstU’s new home is located in Toronto’s Oakwood/Vaughan neighbourhood, characterized by its own resilience and by its extraordinary diversity achieved through multiple waves of immigration from countries worldwide. FirstU members have been making new friends by learning OV’s history, hosting local events and supporting grassroots community organizers.  The building itself has significance as a post office/sorting facility and more recently as the home of a Montessori school, dance school, music school, and aikido studio.  FirstU has designed new spaces to accommodate a similar variety of users and is seeking anchor tenants as well as occasional renters.  

The renovation, designed by Levitt Goodman Architectural Partners and constructed by Flat Iron Building Group, was faithful to the congregation’s priorities.  There are a new elevator and new staircase; accessible washrooms and washrooms that welcome everyone; new ramps, sliding doors, hearing loops, and braille signage; a shift from gas-powered to primarily electric-powered HVAC and mechanical systems; a large accessible kitchen; and a variety of room sizes to suit multiple uses for congregants and renters.  FirstU’s beautiful stained-glass tower, designed by Canadian glass artist Sarah Hall with removable panels for future relocation, was reconfigured to display its colourful patterns across the front façade of the new facility.  

On opening day, September 7, joy and relief and excitement were evident in the new sanctuary and the community hall.  Members of the Real Estate Task Force presented the congregation with a giant poster illustrating the journey and offering “Thanks to Everyone – We Did It, Together!” It took the combined energies of all of FirstUs dreamers, worriers, donors, helpers, questioners, hands-on workers, number-crunchers, planners, and supportive friends to make this milestone possible.  

It is so good to be home.  Drop by for a visit if you’re in town!

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Canadian UUs Read: All The Books

Correction to Date/time: Saturday, Nov. 1, 1:00 – 2:45 pm Pacific.
Link to find the time in your time zone.
(Note that the time was listed incorrectly in September’s enews – the confirmed time is 1 pm Pacific / 4 pm Eastern)

What ideas and perspectives will help us meet the challenges of this moment? Join a panel of ministers who are each proposing a book for a national read. Ministers will take questions from the audience and at the end, you will vote on the book.

Last month we gave you two of the panel members. Here is the full list of ministers and their books:

• • Rev. Anne Barker – Imaginable: How to Create a Hopeful Future—in Your Own Life, Your Community, the World by Jane McGonigal (2023). “… we are called to create a hopeful, helpful future. Imaginable brings the tools.” – Rev. Anne.
  • Rev. Debra Faulk – Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations by the late Richard Wagamese (2016). Rev. Debra says that Embers provides “inspiration, comfort and direction. It is filled with practical advice for responding to hard times.”
  • Rev. Lynn Harrison – The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness, by Thomas Moore (2023). Eloquence offers “a fresh and healing approach to wisdom.” It “speaks to the change in consciousness we may need in order to undo current systems of injustice.” – Rev. Lynn.
  • Rev. Pat Trudeau finds “hope and direction” in the revised edition of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone (2022).
  • Rev. Rosemary Morrison – Beyond Welcome: Building Communities of Love by Linnea Nelson (2022). Beyond Welcome “brings to life the lived experiences of those living on the margins.” – Rev. Rosemary.
  • Rev. Samaya Oakley: North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner by Marie Wilson (2024) Samaya chose this book because it shows the importance of seeing the world with new eyes.

Which book will make it into our Sharing our Faith packet? That depends on how you vote. Get your ticket here.

*Please note time has been corrected to 1pm PT / 4pm ET, and not 3pm ET as originally published.

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Join Us in Dismantling Barriers – Give by November 30!

The 8th Principle calls us to confront racism and systemic barriers to full inclusion—not just in our congregations and  institutions, but within ourselves. This is sacred work, spiritual work. It demands courage, humility, and connection to each other, to stay accountable and continue going deeper with each other. It needs your partnership.

Why This Work Matters 

At the Canadian Unitarian Council, we’re committed to dismantling these barriers and created the Dismantling Barriers staff position as a response to the 8th principle. We offer leadership, resources, and support as we work to dismantle barriers together. 

We’re thrilled to share that the Unitarian Universalist Funding Program has awarded a $22,000 grant for this work! The grant also comes with a challenge opportunity to raise a further $6,000. This means that if we can raise $6,000, the UU Funding Program will match it with an additional $6,000, effectively doubling the impact of every dollar contributed.

This challenge is an incredible chance to stretch our resources further—but we need your help to meet it. 

How Your Gift Makes an Impact

• • Supporting Ongoing Research and Development: Your contribution lets us continue researching and developing materials that strengthen our faith and address the needs of this pivotal moment. By investing in these resources, we are better equipped to respond thoughtfully and effectively to the challenges facing our community.
  • Nurturing Affinity Spaces: We are committed to cultivating a variety of affinity spaces that honour and support the diverse needs and expressions within our faith landscape. These spaces provide opportunities for meaningful connection, reflection, and growth, ensuring that everyone finds a place where they belong.
  • Amplifying Marginalized Perspectives: Your generosity helps us augment the experiences and perspectives of those who have been marginalized. By prioritizing care and empathy, we manifest a culture that values every individual and fosters collective growth rooted in compassion.
  • Expanding Partnerships and Collaboration: With your support, we have the possibility to expand and deepen our partnerships with others who are engaged in similar work. These collaborations enhance our ability to make a broader impact and enrich our shared efforts.
  • Strengthening Our Foundation for the Future: By investing in this work, your gift builds a stronger foundation for our ongoing efforts. Together, we are shaping a collective future that is resilient, inclusive, and grounded in shared values.

In October 2024, Camellia Jahanshahi joined the CUC staff team in the Dismantling Barriers role. 

What We’ve Accomplished in a Year

• • Monthly Dismantling Barriers conversations 
  • Created six (and counting) engaging, thoughtful and multi-faceted toolkits on dismantling barriers that are available for free on the CUC’s website
  • Met with congregations to support liberatory practices
  • Worked with the Justice and Equity team on new curriculum for 2026.
  • Partnered with CUC staff to deliver community-focused programming nationwide.
  • Collaborated with UU ministers to invite guest speakers.
  • Facilitated Rising Together, a regular gathering for UU youth and young adults of colour.
  • Deep listening to identify gaps in our faith and explore ways to address them.

In Camellia’s own words: 

“It is my great pleasure, privilege, and honour to be engaging in this work. Being a faith based activist is one of the most important things in this world to me and I believe with my full heart and spirit in the possibilities of an expansive, inclusive, and liberatory future for Unitarian Universalism. I see it in every single one of our principles and in every single conversation I have with folks eager to explore their personal and communal journeys of unlearning and relearning, centred on joy, love, and possibility. My current position is a 2 year contract but I know that the work transcends what can be achieved within that timeframe alone. My greatest hope is to lay a strong foundation that will support ongoing growth and connection, and to carry it forward into even more opportunities for growth and connection. Thank you to everyone who I’ve met so far on this path, and I just can’t wait to keep going.”

Join Us Today!

Your donation will be doubled! $10 turns into $20, $50 into $100, and $100 into $200. Help us meet our $6,000 goal and continue breaking down barriers together.

3 Ways to Give:

1. 1. Online: Justice, Equity & Dismantling Barriers Fund
   2. By e-transfer: to info@cuc.ca. After you donate, send us an email to let us know which fund
   3. By QR code: scan the code and follow the steps

P.S. Collective liberation starts with small, brave, real steps. Give by November 30, 2025 to have your donation doubled!

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CUC Board and Staff Gather for Annual Retreat

CUC Board and staff, joined by members of the UU Ministers of Canada, gathered over five days in Edmonton from October 15-19 to evaluate, strategize, and plan. We engaged in hard conversations, shared some laughs, and emerged feeling more connected.

As a small team spread out across the country, opportunities for connection for CUC staff and board members are rare and valuable. Staff took time the first day to get to know each other better and review our program planning for the coming congregational year. Joined the next day by the board and UUMOC (Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada) members, we talked about opportunities for collaboration, things that excite us in the work we’re doing, and what we bring to the table (as this photo shows, we have a wide diversity of skills and experience). Situated on the actual table in the centre of our meeting room was a small bell anyone could ring if they felt we needed to pause and take a breath at any point, a device we used infrequently but all appreciated.

Interspersed through all this, we had opportunities to share meals, learn new things about each other (thanks to a “Bingo” sheet), and engage in meaningful rituals. We also spent our last evening paying tribute to our departing (at the end of 2025) Organizational Administrator, Ahna DiFelice, who made the very fact of our gathering possible with her logistical work.

Both the CUC and the wider world are going through dramatic changes at the moment, and we didn’t shy away from discussing the uncertainties of the future. But there was also plenty of optimism and energy in the room when we talked about our hopes for Unitarian Universalism in the future. It’s an energy we plan to maintain in our work going forward.

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Introducing the Reciprocal Annual Mentorship Program (RAMP)

We are thrilled to introduce a bold new initiative from the Canadian Unitarian Council: the Reciprocal Annual Mentorship Program — or RAMP — here to help you RAMP UP your ideas, skills, connections and more! This emerging, experimental, and intergenerational mentorship program is a collaborative effort between the Justice and Equity Team, the Dismantling Barriers Team, and the Congregational Life Team, with support from the full CUC staff. 

RAMP responds to the deep and growing call from across our movement for programming that dives into sustainable liberatory practices and creates tangible opportunities for learning and transformative action. We’re planting seeds for what’s possible—together.

Launching as a pilot from January to June 2026, RAMP will unfold in two dynamic parts:

• • First, a public-facing, skills-based learning series shaped by the CUC and determined with input from UUs across Canada. 
  • Second, a deeper mentorship journey for 16 participants (8 mentorship pairs), matched by region and archetype*, who will meet monthly and co-create a project that brings real skills to life in real time. These mentorship pairings are designed to be reciprocal—not top-down—and to recognize the wisdom, experience, and growth possible from every side of the relationship. 

**More details about this program and a deep dive into “community archetypes” will be launched at the Fall gathering – join us there!

RAMP will be the CUC’s big experiment, as part of the “Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem” project. It will run along-side other CUC programs, contributing to a rich environment of cross-pollination and growth. 

We hope you will join us as we RAMP UP our collective capacity, momentum, and impact! Details and registration will be released at the Fall Gathering, November 21-22.

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Fall Gathering 2025: The Harvest Table

Join us for the CUC 2025 Fall Gathering November 21-23, 2025 — an experimental space for Unitarian Universalists across Canada to connect, imagine, and co-create. Building on the creative momentum of last year’s CoLab, this gathering invites you deeper into the beautiful, messy, and ever-evolving web of congregations, communities, individuals, and expressions that make up our living faith. 

Gather together – in your own home, with UU community, or online with your CUC hosts and virtual participants. Through immersive workshops, collaborative challenges, and brave conversations, we’ll reflect on what Canadian UUs really need right now — and what we’re ready to offer. Whether you feel steady, rooted, restless, or ready for something new, this weekend is a chance to gain clarity, dream boldly, and harness our collective values to meet this moment. 

• • • Friday Potluck – at your table or ours
    • Saturday Workshops – full day of opportunity
    • Sunday National Service: Turning Toward One Another featuring Rev Nicoline Guerrier and Camellia Jahanshahi 

There are two ways to participate this year:
1) In-Person Satellites – Gather with others in your community to share meals, conversation, and the full weekend experience together;
2) Online as an Individual – Join from home and connect virtually with participants across the country.

Stay tuned for detailed information, coming to your inbox!

Find out more. Registration is open until November 21!

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Hogan’s Alley: Hidden Histories of Black Canadians

This month our Dismantling Barriers work is engaging in more collective learning about Black Canadian History. Please check out the tool kit from February if you haven’t already and come ready to learn about another historical Black neighborhood in Canada – Hogan’s Alley

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Trans Spaces of Safety & Belonging: Transforming Hearts Collective 3-Session Program

Pt. I: Tuesday, December 2: 4:00 pm PT | 5:00 pm MT | 6:00 pm CT | 7:00 pm ET | 8:00 pm AT | 8:30 pm NT (90 minutes)
Pt. II: Thursday, December 4: 4:00 pm PT | 5:00 pm MT | 6:00 pm CT | 7:00 pm ET | 8:00 pm AT | 8:30 pm NT (90 minutes)
Pt. III: Tuesday, December 9: 4:00 pm PT | 5:00 pm MT | 6:00 pm CT | 7:00 pm ET | 8:00 pm AT | 8:30 pm NT (90 minutes)
Q&A: Saturday, December 13: 10:00 am PT | 11:00 am MT | 12:00 pm CT | 1:00 pm ET | 2:00 pm AT | 2:30 pm NT (90 minutes)

At a time when anti-trans legislation and hostility are on the rise, how do we live into our principles and values of worth, dignity and inclusion? Many have asked, “what can we do?”

In December, we’re bringing in the Transforming Hearts Collective, a collective of Unitarian Universalist queer, transgender and nonbinary faith leaders who provide support and educational programming, to offer Canadians a free 3-part program on building safer, more welcoming spaces for trans and queer people.

We’re inviting allies, accomplices, and advocates from each congregation and community to take part. All are welcome, and we especially encourage each congregation/community/organization to send at least two ally representatives who can bring the learning back to their communities so we can flourish in this work together. In this time, we’ll learn from the program’s creators, connect across our networks, and equip our communities with the tools to act with courage and compassion.

There will be 4 sessions all together. On December 2, 4 and 9, CUC staff will host the 3-part “Responding to the Anti-Trans Movement” course*. This online course has 25-35 minute videos by Alex Kapitan, accompanied by reflections and resources. CUC staff will play the video and facilitate the reflections.

On Saturday, December 13, the series will finish with a Q&A session with Transforming Hearts Collective co-creators Alex Kapitan and Teo Drake**.

Why is CUC staff offering this series? Partly as a response to “what can we do?” This is a key justice moment, one of the ways we can live into our 8th Principle of dismantling systemic barriers to full inclusion. It is one way that we can all be better equipped in informed, sensitive ways to be allies, advocates and accomplices.

Registration is free, and you also have an opportunity to contribute an amount of your choice, which will be added to the CUC’s payment to THC. 50% of program fees to THC go towards the Pink Haven Coalition, a US group which works to resource trans people in crisis due to current political and legal threats.

Register now to be part of all 4 sessions. Not sure if this is for you, or if you are ready to be part of a supportive ally group? If you want to be more informed, this IS for you.

*Course description:

• • I: Trans 101 – covers what it means to think of gender as a spectrum rather than as a binary, some of the many ways trans people experience and describe their identities, some important pitfalls to avoid in how you think and talk about trans folks, and how embracing and celebrating gender diversity helps all of us get free.
  • II: What You need to Know About the Anti-Trans Movement – provides an overview of the anti-trans political movement, where it came from, and some of the threats that trans people in the U.S. are currently facing, then offers facts to counter some of the worst misinformation that is a central part of the anti-trans movement’s tactics to erode public support for trans people.
  • III: How To Ensure Your Congregation (or group or community) is Truly Trans Welcoming – covers both basic and deeper actions that are needed in order for UU congregations to uphold their commitment to be Welcoming Congregations and offer spaces of safety and belonging to trans people and our families in this moment, and what you can do to help.

We recommend participating in all three sessions plus the Q&A. If you’re not able to, come for the Q&A; the courses can also be accessed from the Transforming Hearts Collective website with a donation.

Editor’s note: although the course material were designed for an American context, these have relevance, learnings and applications for Canadians.

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Charity of the Month: SeedChange

Each month, the eNews will be profiling a different Canadian charity. We want to showcase the wide range of charitable organizations in Canada that align with our values and offer opportunities for UUs to give and serve.

The organization now known as SeedChange was established in 1945 by Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova as the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada. While not a UU herself, Hitschmanova had received support from the Unitarian Service Committee of Boston during World War II, and turned to UUs to help launch her own organization. Guided by her vision of making the world “a better, kinder place,” Dr. Lotta inspired thousands of Canadians to help her seed change around the world, mobilizing them to send food, clothes, supplies and money abroad in the wake of World War II.

In later decades, the USC’s mission evolved, with famine and civil war in Ethiopia bringing the power of seeds and farming to its attention. Working with farmers to grow healthy food using good seeds and sustainable practices became its sole mission in 2007. In 2013, it extended its work to farmers in Canada, and adopted the name SeedChange in 2019. 

Today, SeedChange continues to be an organization rooted in the notions of human dignity and equality. It focuses on sustainable farming (through agroecology and locally-adapted) as a means to improve the lives of disadvantaged farmers in Global South communities, as well as a means to address biodiversity loss, climate change, and health and justice concerns related to the food system. Its headquarters are still located at 56 Sparks Street in Ottawa, an address made famous by Lotta Hitschmanova’s public service announcements.

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Things to Know About the CUC

Who writes for the eNews? Maybe you!  The CUC eNewsletter is a monthly electronic publication of the Canadian Unitarian Council and welcomes contributions of articles and events that are of interest to a national Unitarian Universalist readership. Due to our national readership, articles and events pertaining to local communities should be written with the aim of informing a wider audience of what is going on in other parts of the country, as well as inviting local/regional participants to attend.

Types of Articles:

Feature articles: 300-500 word articles about a topic of interest to Canadian Unitarian Universalists. Features generally explore a topic from a third person perspective, and are more informative or explorative than Reflections. First person narration is usually reserved for Reflections (see below). Features might include interviews, articles about initiatives, major events, best practices, and resources. A Spotlight Feature article may be chosen for each eNews issue.

Reflections: 250-500 word essays reflecting on an event or experience. Reflections are generally first person narrated and can vary according to the author’s personal style. They aim to share some experience or insight with the reader based on the event or idea the author is reflecting on. Reflections are particularly welcome following CUC-sponsored events. 

Event Posting: 100-300 word description of event, updated information since the last post, or save the date information. 

• • For first submission please include: Title of event, event location (city, province, congregation or address if available), event host (congregation or community), event date and time, cost of event (if applicable), link to event registration (if applicable), short description of event. Please note, appropriate events will be posted in the CUC Calendar as well as shared through the eNews.
  • For follow up reminders please include: Title and date of event including link to previous event posting (if possible), any information that was missing from the previous submission, updated short description of event. Please note, event reminders will be posted to eNews, not to the event information page unless specifically requested.

Job / Volunteer Opportunity: 250-500 word job posting for ministry or national Unitarian community volunteer roles. Please confirm if you would like job opportunities cross-posted to the CUC website under ‘About Us – Jobs and Volunteering.’

Complete submission guidelines are available here.

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What’s Making Us Smile

At a time when AI seems to be encroaching on more and more areas, a recent study found it still can’t substitute for humans when it comes to humour. 

The study, the first large-scale exploration of how humans and AI collaborate to create internet memes, found that “While AI can increase productivity and produce content that appeals to a wide audience, human creativity is still key for creating content that connects more deeply in certain areas.”