Planning Letter From CUC Staff – Year at a Glance
Dear Canadian Unitarian Council Leaders and Friends,
Welcome back into the rhythm of the congregational year. Your CUC staff are excited to be actively working with you once again – both through general public programming and specific supportive events and visits. This letter provides an overview of the CUC 2026 program year, highlights for our newest offerings, and a brief reflection on this season of transition.
Congregations, communities, organizations and individuals across the Canadian UU landscape are hard at work, imagining thriving, interdependent networks that bring our many gifts together. This year, as we intentionally embrace a spirit of Transition – we hope that you will join the activities and conversations, so we might all build together. It will be the curious, creative, and caring connections among us that continue to inspire and sustain this essential faith.
The CUC is continuously working to elevate leadership and strengthen relationships, through a lens of interwoven wisdom – honouring the skills and insights of multiple ages and identities.
Check out the new initiatives we’re adding to existing popular programming.
Looking forward to working with you,
Your CUC staff Team.
2026 DATES:
JANUARY – JUNE 2026
We’re excited to announce RAMP – the Reciprocal Annual Mentorship Program! 
Launching January–June 2026, RAMP is a bold, collaborative initiative from the Canadian Unitarian Council designed to help you RAMP UP your ideas, skills, connections and more by exploring sustainable, liberatory learning.
This experimental 6-month pilot includes two parts: public skill-building sessions open to all, and a deeper intergenerational mentorship track for 16 selected participants (8 pairs) working together on real-time projects. Both are being designed as shareable, repeatable models.
Co-created by the Justice & Equity, Dismantling Barriers, and Congregational Life teams, RAMP invites UUs across Canada to explore transformative learning, collaboration, and connection. This will be the CUC’s big experiment – in support of the Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem Project.
MAY 2026: *monthly program events +
- May 15-18 CanUUdle in Vancouver
- May 17 National Service 1pm
- May 23 CUC Annual Meeting
*Recurring Programs: Rising Together, Connect & Deepen, Congregational Conversations, and Dismantling Barriers Events recur monthly. Details in eNews and on the Events Calendar.
PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Activating the Canadian UU Ecosystem Project
The Canadian Unitarian Council is a proud partner in the co-creation of this project – working with Canadian Ministers, Religious Educators, and Lay Leaders from across the country. A broadly collaborative initiative using a Sociocracy governance model, the CUC does not ‘own’ this project; we are an enthusiastic participant and supporter. Currently in the design phase, planning circles are hard at work and detailed news will be soon coming to a communication near you!
Questions or comments? Contact communications@cuc.ca.