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The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting donations to support disaster relief work for areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. 

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to reconsider his decision to cancel the contracts of all 49 part-time federal chaplains. The early October decision not only reduces the overall number of chaplains but also minimizes the presence of non-Christian chaplains, he said.

The three Canadian delegates to the Anglican Consultative Council are blogging about their experience as the council holds its 15th meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 27 to Nov. 7. Blog posts are written by Dean Peter Elliott (Diocese of New Westminster), Suzanne Lawson (Diocese of Toronto), and Bishop Sue Moxley (Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island).

It is with sadness that the Anglican Church of Canada and Augsburg Fortress Canada announce that the Anglican Book Centre at 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, will close on Jan. 18, 2013. Canadian Anglicans will still be able to order resources online and by phone through Augsburg Fortress Canada. 

General Synod has released a series of seven video interviews with Canadian and African bishops, capturing the highlights from the Toronto meeting of the Consultation of Anglican Bishops in Dialogue, June 2012. 

Chaplains offer essential support for the growing population of incarcerated Aboriginal women says the Rev. Dale Gillman, an Aboriginal Anglican priest serving on the Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy, which advises the Correctional Service of Canada. 

The Primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, has called for all Canadian Anglicans to pray for the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem on Oct. 23, the feast day of St. James of Jerusalem. 

On Sept. 28 General Synod marked the retirement of Treasurer Michèle George, a woman who will be remembered not only for clear communication and financial management but also for the hard work she did in understanding and supporting Church House ministries.

The Canadian Council of Churches has published an in-depth exploration of colour-based power in Canada. With the unwieldy title of Cracking Open White Identity towards Transformation: Canadian Ecumenical Anti-Racism Network Examines White Identity, Power and Privilege, the bilingual book offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives by writers lay and clergy, white and non-white, from different Christian denominations.

We Were Children, a film that chronicles the lives of two survivors of the residential schools system in Canada, will be among the Canadian entries to the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) Sept. 27 to Oct. 12.